New Delhi, March 29 -- While the crescendo grows to ban the use of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and return to the ballot paper, there is growing understanding that the winner or loser in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 may be decided even before any vote is cast. The uncertainty surrounding the final outcome of the staggered elections may have substantially reduced because the ruling party's apparatchiks, by using Artificial Intelligence, are not only aware of every voter but also potentially know how they will vote. A study by a scholar from Ashoka University, Sabhyasachi Das, of 2019 polls hinted at the control exercised by the ruling party to precisely predict the outcome backed by their campaigning. With greater refinement in AI ...