Election commission dares to bare, Twitter keeps everyone glued to EVMs
Are you ready for the EVM Challenge? Well, the Election Commission of India is. The poll panel has dared all "interested parties" to crack its EVMs and announced a "hackathon" on June 3.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had earlier in the month carried out a demo in a special session of Delhi Assembly, where it hacked an EVM prototype to prove its allegations of rigging in the recently concluded Assembly elections in five states and civic polls in Delhi.
Responding to these claims, chief election commissioner Nasim Zaidi at a press conference today (May 20) dismissed the possibility of manipulating the functioning of the machines either during manufacturing, polling and transportation stages or when they are stored. He also assured that there cannot be manipulation in a planned manner in the manufacturing stage of the machines as alleged by the AAP.
While its difficult to say if the AAP and others who doubt the efficacy of the EVMs can prove themselves right on June 3, the twitterati already seem to know the outcome. Here's what they had to say.
Opposition parties checking #evms #EVM #ElectionCommission , #EVMChallenge pic.twitter.com/WqY0eMWos6
— createurwealth (@jawahardas1) May 20, 2017
#EVM Challenge by EC is tricky,dangerous for DemocracyWrong precedence will be set....????
— MANOJ NIGAM (गब्बर) (@IntolerantMano2) May 20, 2017
ECI took so much time to just do EVM demo? Indian women deliver babies even faster than this.
— Jaldibol (@jaldibol) May 20, 2017
My software crashed and when I reported Microsoft showed me a demo. EVM demo is just like that. Organize a Hackathon Mr Zaidi
— .WIN IPHONE 7 PLUS!! (@giveawayjoye) May 20, 2017
How #ElectionCommission fooling voters of this country #EVMChallenge explained@AnkitLal @tehseenp @BspUp2017 @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/0FDvTqhtAV
— Devashish Jarariya (@jarariya91) May 20, 2017
The reality will be out soon when @ArvindKejriwal & @Saurabh_MLAgk r exposed. #EVMChallenge #EVMtampering #nasimzaidi https://t.co/FkLZ4eWOOW
— India First (@OurIndiaFirst19) May 20, 2017
There are 18 other Parties that have raised #EVM issue, but ECI is listening to only one, BJP: @SanjayAzadSln https://t.co/EoJu226oIV
— Vipin Rathaur (@VipinRathaur) May 20, 2017
If a lunatic CM can ask for proofs abt surgical strikes,he'd definitely deny #EVM are tamperproof even aftr #EVMChallenge.He's just crazy.
— Puru (@kala_rang) May 20, 2017
@ndtv @AmitShah now I think #EVM were tampered ????????????????????????
— Ser Kapil Parashar (@KapilParasharK) May 20, 2017
Well, all "interested parties" will hopefully find the answer to their query on June 3. Till then, keep watching this space.