EC's EVM hackathon to go ahead as court rejects stay plea

June 02, 2017 21:07

The Election Commission's electronic voting machine hackathon to go ahead as scheduled on Saturday after the Uttarakhand high court rejected a plea for a stay on it.

The same court had earlier asked for voting machines used in the Uttarakhand election to be sequestered after Congress candidates complained that the result was gamed against them.

For hackathon, a total of 14 EVMs will be made available to representatives of Sharad Pawar's party NCP and the Left who hope to prove that the Election Commission is wrong and that the equipment used by it can be gamed.

Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party, which has accused the Election Commission of colluding with the BJP to rig EVMs, has announced that it will hold a parallel hackathon of its own tomorrow.

The party will invite wizards and technical experts from political parties, the Election Commission and also the companies which provide the electronic voting machines to the poll panel, for the challenge.

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