Every electronic voting machine will have a ballot paper stuck on it with names of contestants and the elections symbols allotted to them, so that the voter could identify his favourite candidate with the help of the symbol and pressure the button opposite to it.
The symbols are visible if the ballot paper on the EVM is in white colour, but the Election Commission authorities have decided that the ballot paper is in pink.
This is being objected by the Congress party in Telangana, as the pink colour has now become synonymous with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
“Introducing pink colour ballot papers is completely against the spirit of conducting fair and free elections in Telangana.
“The EC may be aware that the colour is associated with TRS party and in fact their party’s flag is in pink colour.
“Hence, there is every possibility of camouflage and voters would get influenced to vote in favor of TRS party candidates, which is nothing but violating the democracy,” Telangana Congress official spokesman Dasoju Sravan said.
The EC first came up with a proposal to set up 'pink' polling booths for women. And after Congress party objected to it, the ECI took a decision to withdraw the same.
“Once again the ECI represented by the Deputy Chief Electoral Officer issued orders for printing of 90 lakh ballot papers in 'pink' color printing of 90 lakh EVM ballot papers. It would give undue electoral advantage to the TRS,” he said.
However, the ECI in Telangana has taken no action to stop those violations rather the aforesaid illegal decision is reinforced, he alleged.