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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: SC Order on VVPAT Verification: Door for Greater Scrutiny Opened
Description: First the prophesy: it's a matter of time, before clamour to return to the paper ballot system becomes forceful again. An equally strong lobby however, citing multiple reasons – investments already made for 10.35 lakh EVMs, to how ridiculous India would look globally, for marching backwards on the highway of technological progress, etc. – will object to turning the clock back.
After all, it is a decade and half since paper ballots were stopped completely in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections since 2004.
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