The Congress leadership, however, would first like to take other opposition parties on board before taking a final call on the assembly elections. “If the pressure has to be put on the EC, it should come from all the opposition parties. In Maharashtra, opposition parties have already upped the ante against the EVMs. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, too, has raised questions on the use of EVMs. Analysts doubt if the paper ballot system would ever be restored, but concede that improvements are necessary.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2019 01:52 UTC