New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi Tesla CEO responds on Sunday MuskThere are concerns that electronic voting machines (EVMs) may be vulnerable to hacking attacks.
call it “black box” Rahul warned that when institutions lack accountability, democracy risks becoming a front and susceptible to fraudulent activities.
“EVMs in India are a black box and no one is allowed to inspect them.There are serious concerns about the transparency of our electoral process. When institutions lack accountability, democracy ultimately becomes a sham and prone to fraud,” Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.
In a recent X post, Musk expressed his concerns about electronic voting machines, saying they should be eliminated due to the risk of being hacked by humans or artificial intelligence, even if the risk is small.
Opposition parties have been raising concerns over EVM for some time now and have demanded 100 per cent enumeration of VVPAT forms, but this is not allowed.
However, the former federal minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar Strongly opposed Musk’s statement, calling it a “broad generalization” that lacks accuracy.
Chandrasekhar believes that while Musk’s point may apply to the United States and other countries that use conventional computing platforms to create “network-connected voting machines,” it does not apply to India.
He emphasized that India’s EVM is custom-designed, secure, and isolated from any network or media. Chandrasekhar even offered to teach Musk on the subject.
“This is a huge blanket statement that means no one can build secure digital hardware. Wrong. @elonmusk’s point may apply in the US and elsewhere – they use conventional computing platforms to build internet-connected voting machines,” Former Union Minister K. Chandrasekhar said in X’s post.
“But the EVMs in India are custom designed, secure and isolated from any network or media – no connectivity, no bluetooth, no wifi, no internet. That means there is no way to get in. Factory programmed controllers cannot be reprogrammed,” he added.
call it “black box” Rahul warned that when institutions lack accountability, democracy risks becoming a front and susceptible to fraudulent activities.
“EVMs in India are a black box and no one is allowed to inspect them.There are serious concerns about the transparency of our electoral process. When institutions lack accountability, democracy ultimately becomes a sham and prone to fraud,” Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.
In a recent X post, Musk expressed his concerns about electronic voting machines, saying they should be eliminated due to the risk of being hacked by humans or artificial intelligence, even if the risk is small.
Opposition parties have been raising concerns over EVM for some time now and have demanded 100 per cent enumeration of VVPAT forms, but this is not allowed.
However, the former federal minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar Strongly opposed Musk’s statement, calling it a “broad generalization” that lacks accuracy.
Chandrasekhar believes that while Musk’s point may apply to the United States and other countries that use conventional computing platforms to create “network-connected voting machines,” it does not apply to India.
He emphasized that India’s EVM is custom-designed, secure, and isolated from any network or media. Chandrasekhar even offered to teach Musk on the subject.
“This is a huge blanket statement that means no one can build secure digital hardware. Wrong. @elonmusk’s point may apply in the US and elsewhere – they use conventional computing platforms to build internet-connected voting machines,” Former Union Minister K. Chandrasekhar said in X’s post.
“But the EVMs in India are custom designed, secure and isolated from any network or media – no connectivity, no bluetooth, no wifi, no internet. That means there is no way to get in. Factory programmed controllers cannot be reprogrammed,” he added.
