Sharad Pawar: Manipulation of EVMs the only worry

Mumbai, Apr 23 People are in a temperament to change the Modi-drove government yet manipulation of EVMs is the "only worrying factor", NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here Tuesday.

He was talking at a joint media cooperation addressed by leaders of the Congress, NCP, TDP, Trinamool Congress, AAP CPI(M), CPI and DMK.

"EVMs are vulnerable to programming mistakes," TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu said. The BJP can get cast a ballot just through manipulation, he included.

EVMs can be manipulated, hacked and even glitch, he said. Only 18 nations have so far adopted EVMs, he included.

Naidu said the economy, business and agriculture are in a bad shape under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the Election Commission is acting like Dhritrashtra. "You press any button, the vote goes to the BJP," he said.

Counting of 50 percent VVPAT machines isn't an unreasonable demand, senior Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde said.