EVM's reliable : Swameiye soliyachu

Normally Retired bureaucrats in this country even if upright in work, start singing an altered tune either for post retirement benefits or for the sake of his next generation- Well none of this need apply to Gopalaswami and may be he is not going to get any berth in Rahul's Ministry nor the DMK's. But if what he told is correct then all Americans, and all Indians except Rahul, Karunanidhi and him are fools for according to him any one who suspects an EVM is a fool. Or probably it is the ingenuity of the people who remoted[ a new word for a new method] , that they could do it without the know how of the chief of EC. He choosing Chennai to clarify, means more than the words?

Seeking to allay fears expressed by some political parties that the EVMs can be tampered with, former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswami today said the Electronic Voting Machines are "totally reliable". "EVM is a stand-alone machine, which is totally reliable," Gopalaswami, who retired as CEC in the midst of the recent Lok Sabha elections, said.

Unlike in other countries, EVMs used in India are of the "single way communication" type, he said, adding that software in a chip placed inside the EVMs cannot be tampered with. Only less than 0.5 per cent of the EVMs in the country reportedly malfunctioned in the recent General election, he said, speaking at a function on 'election 2009-an analysis'.

Referring to the general elections, he said out of the 543 Lok Sabha seats, 448 successful candidates secured only less than 50 per cent votes.[ EVM error?]

INSTEAD OF RESORTING TO CALLING NAMES LIKE FOOL ETC TO PROVE A POINT IT WOULD AUGUR WELL FOR THE EC TO PROVE IT SCIENTIFICALLY THAT WHAT THEY HAVE IS GENUINE AND AUTHENTIC. STANDING IN A PODIUM AND SHOUTING THAT ANYONE WHO DIFFERS IS A FOOL IS NO PROOF FOR THE AUTHENTICITY AND NEITHER IS GOPALASWAMI OR ME ANY SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE EXPERT THAT WE CAN CERTIFY AN UNKNOWN MACHINE. IF 0.5 % CAN MALFUNCTION, THEN THERE EXIST A PROBABILITY THAT 100% CAN MALFUNCTION. WHY CAN'T THE EC SHARE THE PROGRAM TO JUSTIFY THEIR CLAIM OR SEND THEIR MACHINES TO MULTIPLE PARTIES AND CHALLENGE?

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A CERTAIN SET OF MACHINES CAN BE MADE WITH DOUBLE SET OF COMMUNICATION TO BE PLANTED AT SPECIFIC CENTERS, WHAT CHECK DOES THE EC HAVE ON THIS? AND IS IT SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CORRUPT A SINGLE SET MACHINE? ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SCIENTIFIC AND 'FOOL'PROOF

BY MAKING SUCH STATEMENTS LIKE FOOL WITHOUT PROOF, THEY ONLY REVEAL THEY FEAR SOMETHING.