'Keep EVMs at home'

EVM controversy has irked one of its manufacturers, Bharat Electronics

The controversy over electronic voting machine (EVM) tampering has irked one of its manufacturers, Bharat Electronics. When asked why the state-owned aerospace and defence maker was not allowing political parties to examine the internals of EVMs, Chairman and Managing Director M V Gowtama was blunt. Given a chance, these parties would design their own EVMs, and ensure all votes were directed to them, he said. Not that he had a problem with that, he said. But if parties went ahead with their plans they should keep those machines at their homes, he advised.