EVMs ‘safe’, ‘tamper-proof’: CEC
RAMGARH (JHARKHAND), Apr 12(PTI:) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday said the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are “safe” and “tamper-proof”.
He said that EVMs used in India cannot be connected to internet, bluetooth or infrared and it is not possible anyway to tamper with it.
“Legal scrutiny has been done on EVMs. The EVMs used in India can neither be connected to internet nor bluetooth nor infrared. The EVMs cannot be connected to anything in any way. Therefore, it is not possible to tamper with it. So, India’s EVMs are tamper-proof,” Kumar said addressing media persons in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district.
