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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed all pleas demanding voting using paper ballots, 100 per cent cross-verification of vote count in electronic voting machines (EVMs) with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and physical deposit of VVPAT slips.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also charged the opposition with trying to "steal" reservations meant for OBCs, SCs and STs.
The Supreme Court has rejected pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and said ”blindly distrusting” any aspect of the system can breed unwarranted scepticism
The judge further noted that there is a concentrated effort to weaken the progress of the nation 'on every possible frontier' and such attempts must not be allowed by any constitutional court more specifically by the supreme court.
When EVMs were introduced in India, every political party welcomed the decision to conduct elections using EVMs.