The election panel's response was that the machine was not the one being used by them.
AAP suggested that all the political parties, technical experts and students of institutes like Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) should be called in hackathon to prove that EVMs can be hacked. "Let us see what is the outcome of this meeting", he added. "They must give access to EVMs to techies to prove their point".
"So far there have been 37 cases in various courts regarding EVM tampering".
All the seven national and 35 of the 48 state recognised political parties are attending the meeting. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said parties will also get a chance to "demonstrate that EVMs used in the recent Assembly elections were tampered with". Yesterday, AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj had provided a live demo in the Delhi assembly to show that EVMs can be easily hacked.
The EC rejected AAP's EVM tampering claim, saying the "look-alike" gadget demonstrated in the assembly was not its machine.
He, however, did not give any date for the proposed challenge which he announced in his opening remarks at the meeting.
Opposition parties including the Congress and the TMC were present during the demonstration in the gallery of the assembly. The Bhartiya Janata Party won 312 seats out of 403 in Uttar Pradesh Election.
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Welcoming the demand of implementing Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday said it has received the finances for buying the device and will have them activated by 2019 General Elections. His demand has been supported by all major Opposition parties.
The Election Commission, however, assured all political parties that EVMs were secured and could not be tampered with.
The official also questioned the way in which AAP staged a demonstration in the assembly just a day ahead of the meet.
Right from Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati to AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, several political leaders in recent past have accused that EVMs could be manipulated to favour a particular party or a candidate in any election. The demonstration was carried out by AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj.
During the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, a post surfaced on Facebook which showed the first event in "Modi" era that initiated the debate over the authenticity of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
On Friday, the EC hosted an all-party meeting regarding EVM issue and other electoral reforms in the national capital.
He said EVMs do not enjoy their trust any more.
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