The recent movie Rajneeti has a climax scene where Manoj Bajpai is brought out of hiding by misinforming him that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were being tampered with remotely. Ajay Devgn (sic) says this is not possible and follows him. NDTV has a very interesting article on this issue. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti in Andhra Pradesh has fielded such a large number of candidates that it is not possible to accomodate them on an EVM. This is apparently to force the use of ballot paper. The paper system is easier to tamper with. Booth capturing is not an unknown practice in Indian democracy. The link says this is primarily an Indian practice. Is this our "contribution" to democracy?
This disturbingly reminds me of a Tantra tee shirt that I saw once. It says the Indians invented zero and then goes onto say that the speaker always knew that we were good for nothing!
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Interesting way of rigging the system. EVM cannot be consecrated foolproof after all. If there is no other way about it then such foxy tactics can be played in many other places.
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