首席选举专员 Rajiv Kumar 保证 EVM 的安全性，驳斥了国大党的担忧。 Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar assures EVM security, dismissing Congress party concerns.

选举首席专员Rajiv Kumar已驳回国会党对电子投票机安全的关切, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has dismissed concerns from the Congress party regarding the security of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), asserting they are secure and cannot be hacked, unlike pagers. Kumar强调EVMS的稳健性和多重安全检查。 Kumar emphasized EVMs' robustness and multiple security checks. 包括拉希德·阿尔维(Rashid Alvi)在内的国会领袖呼吁在即将举行的马哈拉施特拉和贾尔坎德选举中使用纸选票, This comes as Congress leaders, including Rashid Alvi, have called for using paper ballots in upcoming Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections due to perceived vulnerabilities in EVMs. 投票定于11月13日和20日举行。 Polls are set for November 13 and 20.