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BJP Politicians Go After Elon Musk Over His Call to Ban EVMs
BJP Politicians Go After Elon Musk Over His Call to Ban EVMs
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Senior politicians from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went after tech billionaire Elon Musk, a day after the Tesla Motors and Space X CEO called for banning electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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Senior politicians from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went after tech billionaire Elon Musk, a day after the Tesla Motors and Space X CEO called for banning electronic voting machines (EVMs).Reacting to a news report about voting irregularities related to the EVMs in Puerto Rico’s primary elections, Musk called for “eliminating” the electronic voting machines.“The risk of being hacked by humans or Artificial Intelligence (AI), while small, is still too high,” the owner of X wrote on his own platform.Chandrashekhar said that Musk's views on EVM's vincibility might be relevant for the US, where regular computing platforms were used to build "internet-connected voting machines".He further argued that EVMs could be "architected and built right" as India has done."We would be happy to run a tutorial, Elon,” the BJP politician offered.In response, Chandrashekhar said that Tesla CEO was right on technical grounds.The Indian politician didn't stop there and asked Musk to respond to another social media user's comment, who pointed out to the X owner that he even the social media platform could be hacked, if one were to go by his logic.Meanwhile, several opposition leaders, including those from India's principal opposition Congress Party, have cited Musk's comment to target the BJP.The opposition INDIA alliance has from time-to-time raised questions about the use of EVMs in Indian elections. The opposition concerns around the "rigging" of EVMs have been rejected by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on numerous occasions.In April, Musk announced a visit to India and plans to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the Tesla CEO unexpectedly showed up in China instead as he postponed his India visit.Multiple Indian news channels at the time questioned Musk for his abrupt decision to cancel the India trip and instead head to China.
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BJP Politicians Go After Elon Musk Over His Call to Ban EVMs
Elon Musk's comment on the alleged fallibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), around 5.5 million of which were deployed in the Indian elections, have re-ignited the debate around the use of these machines in voting processes around the world.
Senior politicians from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went after tech billionaire Elon Musk, a day after the Tesla Motors and Space X CEO called for banning electronic voting machines (EVMs).
Reacting to a news report about voting irregularities related to the EVMs in Puerto Rico’s primary elections, Musk called for “eliminating” the electronic voting machines.
“The risk of being hacked by humans or Artificial Intelligence (AI), while small, is still too high,” the owner of X wrote on his own platform.
Getting into a social media exchange with Musk, senior BJP politician and India’s former Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Rajeev Chandrashekhar accused the billionaire of making a “huge sweeping generalisation” with regards to the EVMs, which were used in the
recently concluded Indian Lok Sabha elections.
Chandrashekhar said that Musk's views on EVM's vincibility might be relevant for the US, where regular computing platforms were used to build "internet-connected voting machines".
"But Indian EVMs are custom-designed, secure and isolated from any network or media - no connectivity, no bluetooth, Wi-Fi (and) internet, ie there is no way in,” Chandrashekhar said.
He further argued that EVMs could be "architected and built right" as India has done.
"We would be happy to run a tutorial, Elon,” the BJP politician offered.
Responding to the Indian politician's comment on Sunday, Musk asserted that "anything can be hacked".
In response, Chandrashekhar said that Tesla CEO was right on technical grounds.
"For example, with quantum computing, I could decrypt any level of encryption. With lab-level tech and plenty of resources, I could hack any digital hardware/system, including flight controls of a cockpit or a jet, etc. But that's a different type of a conversation from EVMs being secure and reliable vis-a-vis paper voting. And we can agree to disagree," stated the former Indian minister.
The Indian politician didn't stop there and asked Musk to respond to another social media user's comment, who pointed out to the X owner that he even the social media platform could be hacked, if one were to go by his logic.
Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale, who heads BJP's Foreign Policy Cell, questioned Musk if Tesla's "full self-driving cars" could also be hacked.
Meanwhile, several opposition leaders, including those from India's principal opposition Congress Party, have cited Musk's comment to target the BJP.
The opposition INDIA alliance has from time-to-time raised questions about the use of EVMs in Indian elections. The opposition concerns around the "rigging" of EVMs have been rejected by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on numerous occasions.
In April, Musk
announced a visit to India and plans to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the Tesla CEO unexpectedly showed up in China instead as he postponed his India visit.
Multiple Indian news channels at the time questioned Musk for his abrupt decision to cancel the India trip and instead head to China.
