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The Congress leader is expected to address rallies and events as part of the campaign, stressing the importance of voter confidence in the democratic system.
Maharashtra Congress is preparing to launch a signature campaign across the state against the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the elections. The party is advocating a return to the traditional paper ballot system. Party leaders have raised concerns about the transparency and reliability of EVMs, suggesting that returning to paper ballots would restore confidence in the electoral process. The aim of the campaign is to garner widespread public support for this demand.
The Congress leader is expected to address rallies and events as part of the campaign, stressing the importance of voter confidence in the democratic system. More details on the campaign’s timeline and strategy are expected in the coming days. Earlier, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had said that the votes of the weaker sections are being lost and in such a situation voting should be done through ballot papers and a campaign like ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ has to be started with this demand. He also claimed in the ‘Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyan’ program organized by various cells of Congress that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is afraid of conducting caste census because he feels that by doing so all classes will start demanding their share.
The Congress President had said that people from SC, ST, OBC and poor sections are voting with all their might, their votes are being wasted…we want votes through ballot paper. He sarcastically said that let the machine be kept in Modi ji’s house, or Amit Shah’s house, let it be kept in some warehouse in Ahmedabad. But we need ballot papers. Kharge said that a campaign should be started from the party’s side. Will tell all parties. Just as ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ was carried out under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, similarly the campaign of ‘Ballot paper required’ will have to be started. He made this comment after the crushing defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra.
