Teetu Baniya seeks ballot paper voting

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 21

Demanding use of ballot papers in elections, comedy artiste Jai Parkash Jain, popularly known as Teetu Baniya, staged a protest at the Mini-Secretariat on Thursday. During the protest, Teetu Baniya made an appeal to the Election Commission of India to use ballot papers for voting during the next Assembly as well as the Lok Sabha elections.

He said, “Instead of using the EVMs, the commission must use the ballot papers for transparency in the voting process. The ballot papers must be used during the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections and other poll. Even many people did not go to cast their vote due to the EVMs.”

“When ballot papers can be used in developed countries, a similar process should be adopted here also. I have full faith in the Election Commission and hope that required steps will be taken to conduct the polling process by using ballot papers in the future,” he said.