Kejriwal meets CEC, seeks probe, return to ballot paper system

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged the Election Commission (EC) to investigate cases of "faulty" EVMs and ascertain if their software can be tweaked "in favour of the BJP". Kejriwal met Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi and also demanded ballot papers be reintroduced in the country.

The Election Commission's claim that EVMs cannot be tampered with is completly "wrong", Kejriwal asserted. He said that if EVMs can be tampered with, it poses a very "serious question" on the democracy in the country.

"We have been repeatedly saying that EVMs are being tampered with at large scale. Friday's incident (in MP) shocked everyone and raised a question whether elections are being conducted in a fair manner," Kejriwal told reporters after the meeting. He also sought to know how it is possible that EVMs record votes in favour of BJP candidates whenever a fault is detected in the electronic voting machines.