Congress Demands Ballot Paper System for 2019 Elections

At an all-party meeting met by the Election Commission of India on Monday, a few resistance parties pushed for returning to ballot paper instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) amid the general elections 2019.

Shiv Sena pioneer Anil Desai stated, "We have made a point... lets roll back to ballot papers. We have demanded ballot papers for elections to the biggest majority rules system."

Gatherings like the Congress, CPI, Trinamool Congress, BSP, DMK and Shiv Sena requested the arrival to vote papers. In any case, the BJP and BJD said they were happy with EVMs.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said either the check to confirm electronic voting machine (EVM) results with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) ought to be expanded or there ought to be an arrival to ballot paper while the AIADMK said it was fine both with EVMs and ballot paper

AAP's Raghav Chadha opinioned EVMs can be effectively hacked and there were occurrences where these machines experience made difficulty amid races.

No less than 20 for every penny voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines and electronic voting machines (EVMs) ought to be confirmed or paper vote framework ought to be actualized," he said.

In the interim, in a related yet unique episode, Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) supporter Sharad Yadav on Monday additionally requested that the Lok Sabha decisions 2019 be held through the ballot paper as there were questions about the electronic voting machines in the brains of the voters.

There are questions over the EVMs in the brains of the general population. Also, in spite of the Supreme Court request of May, 2017 the Commission has not satisfied its guarantee over the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).

Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Monday says, a portion of the political gatherings have communicated worry over returning to the ballot arrangement of voting.

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Congress Shortlist the Candidates in September 2018

The Congress is yet to confirm the contender for the forth coming elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram regardless of an August 15 due date set by party president Rahul Gandhi.

In any case, reports says, the procedure is moving speedier than common and is probably going to be finished before the finish of September for the surveys planned for November-December. The way toward recognizing candidates in the Congress more often takes place one month before the polls and the rundown is out generally at the season of documenting of selections.

In June, Gandhi had shaped screening councils to kick-begin the determination of possibility for the four states. Be that as it may, the boards are yet to meet on the grounds that the procedure to get input from laborers on the ground is taking longer than foreseen

A screening advisory group waitlists the applicants in the wake of experiencing the proposals of state units for ticket portion and advances the names to the gathering's focal decision panel for definite endorsement. During a meeting on May 18, Gandhi had said that 90% of the applicants will be finished by August 15.

In Rajasthan, the screening advisory group, headed by previous Union Minister Kumari Selja, will formally meet out of the blue on August 31 and September 1, as per a Rajasthan Congress office-carrier acquainted with the improvement who requested that not be named.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are clashing in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh in what is considered by specialists as a forerunner to the 2019 general polls. The BJP is in control in every one of the three states.

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