Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Ram Madhav has said that they can 'consider' returning to paper ballot after due discussion if every party thinks so.

His statement comes a day after the Congress, in a resolution adopted in its plenary session, called for reverting to the old practice of paper ballot 'as adopted by other major democracies to help restore the credibility of the electoral process'.

The party said it was necessary as there were misgivings on the 'misuse' of electronic voting machines to 'manipulate the outcome contrary to the popular verdict.'

Reacting to the Congress's resolution, Madhav told ANI, "I would like to remind the Congress that the decision to shift from paper ballots to EVMs was taken because of a larger consensus. Now today, if every party thinks that we should return to paper ballots again, after due discussion, we can consider.'  -- ANI