Petition seeks ban on using EVM

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a ban on the use of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the elections, claiming that the ordinance that allows its use is unconstitutional.

Eunus Ali Akond submitted the petition, challenging legality of the Electronic Voting Machine Ordinance-2018 and its rules. He said it was not passed by the parliament.

EVM is not mandatory under clause 26(A) of the RPO and there was no necessity of formulating the 2018 ordinance, he said in the petition.

EVM was used in six constituencies in the December 30, 2018 polls, but the election was not fair, the petition said.