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EVMs are being used as a “football” due to a “motivated slugfest”, he said.
“I would like to make it very, very clear one more time that we are not going back to the era of ballot papers,” Arora said, addressing a gathering ahead of National Voters Day.
He said the poll panel would not take the country back to an era where ballot papers were lifted by musclemen.
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His remarks came days after a self-proclaimed cyber expert claimed the machines can be hacked.
Following his claims, several parties have demanded the use of ballot papers in the coming Lok Sabha polls.