In order to remove doubts regarding the security of EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines), the Karnataka State government has officially requested the Election Commission for 250 randomly selected EVMs to conduct “an EVM challenge". The IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge had stated in his request to the Election Commission that, “I would propose hosting an EVM challenge, jointly hosted by the government of Karnataka and the EC, inviting important stakeholders of the scientific community like technocrats, scientists, corporates, R&D institutes, start-ups and tinkerers and not just political parties to participate in testing EVMs for errors."
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