Overview
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar told students in Lucknow on Monday that India’s electronic voting machines are built by public-sector firms and do not contain internet, Bluetooth, or Wi‑Fi capabilities.
- Kumar spoke at Colvin Taluqdars' College and used an Electoral Literacy Clubs and ECINET exhibition to stress media literacy and the need to verify sources before sharing information online.
- He urged young people who have turned 18 to register under Article 326 and said the Election Commission offers digital registration tools to make enrolment easier.
- Kumar highlighted the scale of India’s elections by noting roughly 100 crore voters and the large workforce required to run polls, framing the outreach as part of preparing for seven state assembly elections in 2027.
- The comments restate the Election Commission’s long-standing technical position on EVM design and show an institutional push toward outreach to rebuild public trust in the face of continuing public doubts.