GPSenabled vehicles to transport EVMs CEC

Jaipur | Saturday | 16th February, 2019

Summary:

The criticism of the EVMs has reached the same level, but in a more sophisticated way." Many said that the dams were consuming the power of the river water. Jaipur: Comparing the criticism of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with that of the criticism done about dams built in the 1950s, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday said GPS-enabled vehicles would be used for the transportation of EVMs, while raising concern over low turnout in some districts in the past elections apart from registration of first-time voters and turnout of women voters.Quoting the experts, Arora also said that the criticism of EVMs were termed by them as "very cheap talk".Taking a dig at the critics of the EVMs during an event a the Manipal University on Friday, Arora said: "In the the 1950s, when the dams and powerplants were constructed, during that time as well there were criticisms in Punjab and Haryana..