Just two days before the results of the Lok Sabha elections announced in India on 23rd May, the leaders of 22 opposition parties met the members of the Election Commission and apprised them of their complaints related to EVM machines.

Talking to the media after meeting the members of the Election Commission, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that all the opposition parties have put their concerns in front of the Election Commission regarding the reports of tampered with EVM machines.

He further said that during this visit, all the opposition parties also demanded to match the votes on May 23, as well as match the voter varied paper trail (VVPAT) slip.

Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "We had two thick demands. One should select five Random Polishing booths in each Lok Sabha area and VVPAT slips should be counted along with EVM machines. It should be the first and if any mistakes in VVPat of any one booth come out, then the entire counting of that Lok Sabha constituency should be done again. "

Talking about the response of the Election Commission, he added further, "The Election Commission said that he will hold a meeting in this matter and then take a final decision. The Commission heard our suggestions and concerns openly and also assured to take a decision on this. "

At the same time, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, while questioning the Election Commission, said that the Opposition parties have been raising the issue for the last one and a half months, but the EC ignored their objections.

Among the news of alleged tampering with EVM, former President Pranab Mukherjee has appealed to the Election Commission to ensure its institutional credibility.

Pranab Mukherjee has issued a statement on Twitter saying that he is worried about the news about the safety of EVMs.

He said, "The EVMs in the Election Commission's custody are the responsibility of their security commission. There should be no room for speculation challenging democracy. The public's decision is at the top and there should be no doubt about it. "

Pranab Mukherjee has written that he believes in the institutions of the country. He wrote, "How any organization works, this decision is made of those working there. In this case, the responsibility of ensuring institutional reliability is on the Election Commission. They should do this and all such speculation should be stopped. "

After election results, all the opposition parties were united to explore the possibility of forming a non-NDA government.

In the meeting, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot of Congress along with Telugu Desam Party's Chandrababu Naidu, Satish Chandra Mishra of Bahujan Samajwadi Party, Sitaram Yechury of CPI (M), D Raj of CPI, Chief of Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Trinamool Congress's Derrick Aubryan, Samajwadi Party's Ramgopal Yadav, DMK's Kanimozhi, National Janata Dal's mind H Jha, Indian Congress Party Majid Memon, Devinder Rana National Conference.

While stating the tampered reports of EVM machines being baseless, the Election Commission said that EVM machines used during the elections have not been tampered with.

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