India, July 5 -- The Election Commission of India has consistently maintained that Indian EVMs are among the safest voting systems in the world.

Elections in India are not merely a means of changing governments; they are the greatest test of democracy. At a time when the world's largest democracy conducts elections involving nearly 980 million voters, every question raised about the voting system becomes a matter of national debate.

Several opposition parties have written to the Chief Justice of India, demanding that elections once again be conducted through ballot papers or, at the very least, that an independent review of the reliability of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) be undertaken.

The opposition argues that in a democracy, it...