Simultaneous polls, or ‘one nation, one election’, was “not happening very shortly” unless political parties sit together and evolve consensus and bring about requisite amendments in law, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said here on Saturday. AdvertisingThe CEC also asserted that Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) cannot be tampered with, despite claims to the contrary from some people. “I would like to say to all of you responsibly as the CEC of the country that EVMs cannot be tempered with. “We sound quite irrational when we talk about EVMs in this manner (that it has been tampered with, etc. The CEC cited results of various polls since 2014 to buttress his point that EVMs cannot be tampered with.

Source: Indian Express November 16, 2019 11:26 UTC