'EVMs should be jettisoned':TMC member

TMC leader Saugata Roy Monday demanded the government do away with electronic voting machine (EVM) and bring back the ballot system, as Danish Ali of BSP also questioned the reliability of these machines.

Speaking on the Motion of Thanks to President's address in the Lok Sabha, he said it did not talk about critical issues like farmer suicide, Rafale deal, killings in Kashmir, unemployment and freedom of press, especially in the context of raids on NDTV.

"EVMs should be jettisoned. I am opposed to EVMs. Ballot papers should be brought back," Roy said in the Lok Sabha.

He questioned how BJP leadership "knew" in advance the number of seats they were going to win in the Lok Sabha elections.

Roy said BJP President, a day before the election results were announced, declared that his party will win 300 seats. The party won 303 seats. "How is it possible?"

His speech was interrupted by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey who objected to Roy raising the issue of EVMs in the House saying that