The Punjab government has decided to use electronic voting machine (EVM) in local body elections despite the concerns of the Election Commission and opposition parties.
According to private TV, Chief Minister Sardar Usman Bazdar has approved amendments to the Local Government Act, after which electronic voting machine will be used in the elections. The legal status of the government will be restored. Provincial government sources further said that when the federal government passed the law, the Punjab government will also make it part of the act. The provincial government says that the federal government has made the law, Punjab. The government will also make EVMs part of the Local Bodies Act.
