"Sweeping Generalisation": BJP Leader Responds To Elon Musk's EVM Remark
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar further rejected Elon Musk's statement, saying that Indian EVMs are custom-designed, secure and isolated from any network or media.
Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Sunday that Elon Musk's take on eliminating electronic voting machines (EVMs) from voting is a "huge sweeping generalisation" which holds no truth, inviting the Tesla CEO to come and learn some lessons in India. This is a huge sweeping generalization statement that implies no one can build secure digital hardware. Wrong. @elonmusk 's view may apply to US n other places - where they use regular compute platforms to build Internet connected Voting machines.But Indian EVMs are custom… https://t.co/GiaCqU1n7O
Responding to the tech billionaire's post on X, which alleged that electronic voting machines should be eliminated as the "risk of being hacked by humans or AI, while small, is still too high," Mr Chandrasekhar said this is not the case at all.
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