How Vote Counting Shapes the Real Outcome
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju reflects on the Bihar election, arguing that the real issue isn’t how citizens vote, but what the ballot box ultimately records—whether on paper or electronic machines, which he warns can be manipulated. Read his brief remarks...
Justice Markandey Katju
The Bihar election teaches us that what is not relevant is what goes into the ballot box, but what comes out of it.You may have voted for candidate A, but the vote which comes out of the ballot box may show that you voted for candidate B.
The same principle applies to electronic voting too, for the machine can be rigged by those controlling it.
(Justice Katju is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. These are his personal views.)
