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Oppn parties in UP demands ballot paper voting during LS polls after London press conference

Lucknow, Jan 22(UNI) The Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh, particularly Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and even the new entrant Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia led by Shivpal Singh Yadav, have demanded use of ballot papers in the Lok Sabha polls.
The demand comes in the wake of claims of an organisation in London that Electronic Voting Machines(EVMs) were hacked in India during 2014 Lok Sabha and other Assembly polls.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, who has staunch opposition to the EVMs, said that when a question has arisen about the hacking of the EVMs and now the Election Commission should immediately revert to the old system of ballot papers.
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