Cannot rely on EVMs, ballot papers should be used in future, says Akhilesh

Akhilesh said people feel that they have been misled (by the BJP) for forming the government

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said India cannot rely on Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs and demanded that all future elections be conducted with ballot papers.

”When will EVMs develop a snag or the software fails no one can tell. We cannot rely on machines. We do not have faith in EVMs,” Akhilesh told reporters here.

“We have 100 per cent faith in our ballot papers and it is our demand that future elections are held using them... We do not want to go into whether EVMs are good or bad,” said the former UP chief minister.

Akhilesh said people feel that they