Simultaneous polls, or \u2018one nation, one election\u2019, was \u201cnot happening very shortly\u201d unless political parties sit together and evolve consensus and bring about requisite amendments in law, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said here on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is not something in which the EC could do much except saying it would also prefer such an arrangement, he added.
\n\u201cAnd this is not a bureaucratic statement, just saying we agree in principle, etc. However, it is for the political parties to sit together and evolve some consensus, do the requisite amendments in law so that the cycle can be brought together,\u201d Arora said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would like to say to all of you responsibly as the CEC of the country that EVMs cannot be tempered with. They can malfunction, like your car or two-wheelers, but they cannot be tampered with,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arora said \u201ceminent scientists\u201d working on EVMs and VVPATs for the Election Commission \u201cfeel very unhappy and deeply anguished that after all this work, the integrity of the VVPAT and EVMs gets doubted\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnless that is done, it is kind of a good thing to talk at seminars, but it is not happening very shortly,\u201d Arora said at a function in Nirma University here.He said simultaneous elections were in practice in the country till 1967, before a \u201ccyclic imbalance\u201d was created due to dissolution of some state assemblies, among other reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CEC cited results of various polls since 2014 to buttress his point that EVMs cannot be tampered with.Addressing a gathering of students of the university, Arora also said people from economically-weaker sections are more active when it comes to voting in comparison to those from the upper strata of society.\u201cSuch people cannot be shown nukkad natak to raise voting awareness. For them, awareness must come from within,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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