'We don't want EVMs, we want ballot paper': Congress chief Kharge

Smarting from the crushing loss in Maharashtra, months after the Haryana debacle, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge today protested against the use of voting machines or EVMs and suggested a return to ballot paper.

"We should all unite and move forward together and push them aside. I do not wish to speak about elections, but I would surely say the votes of all the poor and oppressed communities are going to waste. They should all demand voting by ballot paper," the 82-year-old Congress chief said speaking at the 'Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan' function at Talkatora stadium in Delhi.

"Let them keep EVMs with them. We don't want EVMs, we want voting on ballot paper. Then they will know what their position is and where they stand," he said referring to the BJP.