New Delhi, April 26 (UNI) Congress party said it was never a party to the VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) petition that was rejected by the Supreme Court on Friday.

Taking to social media handle ‘X’, party general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “The Indian National Congress was not a party, directly or indirectly, to the petition on VVPATs which has been rejected by the Supreme Court today”.

“We have taken note of the verdict of the 2-judge bench and our POLITICAL campaign on the greater use of VVPATs to increase public trust in the electoral process will continue”.

Notably. the Supreme Court on Friday rejected all the pleas for paper ballot voting, complete EVM-VVPAT verification, and physical deposit of VVPAT slips.

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