Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar has criticised the opposition parties’ proposed morcha against electronic voting machines (EVM’s) as an “aimless” and “futile” exercise. He also ruled out his participation in the protest.
Opposition parties – including the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – have declared to hold a morcha in Mumbai on August 21, demanding scrapping of EVMs and reintroduction of ballot papers.