A needless controversy: Govt should procure paper trail machines for EVMs

The controversy surrounding electronic voting machines (EVMs) refuses to die. A Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar will on Friday hear a plea seeking a probe into allegations of tampering of EVMs. The Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party and the Aam Aadmi Party, which were decimated in the recent Assembly elections, have been vociferously questioning the poll results, claiming that EVMs used by the Election Commission (EC) were rigged. Even the Congress, which actually came out on top in three of the five states, has joined this chorus. Some leaders like Mayawati of