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Civil society leaders want paper ballots back, urge Cong to discuss issue in B'gavi meet

The New Indian Express Shivamogga

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December 25, 2024

SEVERAL civil society leaders and former bureaucrats have urged AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge to continue with the campaign against Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with party MP Rahul Gandhi at the helm.

- BANSY KALAPPA @Bengaluru

This comes at a time when the issue has gained support from senior Opposition leaders, including BSP's Mayawati and Sharad Pawar of NCP (SP).

The civil society leaders have in a second letter on December 22 urged the Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress former presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to take up the issue in the upcoming Congress meet in Belagavi.

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