The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) on Tuesday tore into the Opposition after Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh questioned the reliability of the digital voting machines (EVMs), following his social gathering’s defeat in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh meeting polls.
The previous Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister claimed that any machine with a chip could be hacked and in addition stated he has opposed voting by EVMs since 2003.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh dismissed Singh’s claims and stated the Congress makes all these accusations solely after going through defeat.
“Congress won in Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka, but they did not talk about EVM then. Congress leader Pramod Krishna rightly said, ‘If you insult Sanatan, this will be the fate of Congress’. This is not INDIA Alliance but an alliance of arrogance. It is certain to fall apart,” stated Giriraj Singh.
Samajwadi Celebration Chief Akhilesh Yadav additionally raised questions on EVM and demanded poll paper election.
“Democracy will be strong only when it operates like it does in America and Japan. There, the counting of votes takes months. If someone casts a vote for a month, counting also takes a month. If America and Japan have a system of ballot paper, then we should adopt it too. And counting should be done taking time, not hastily. After all, what’s the hurry?”
Even after a number of Opposition leaders blamed the EVMs, Congress chief Karti Chidambaram stated he has full confidence in EVMs.
“My personal opinion about the EVMs remains unchanged. I have full confidence in EVMs. I know many of party colleagues have different opinions but I personally have always been very confident about the EVMs,” stated Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Congress leaders blaming EVMs for social gathering’s dismal efficiency in 2023 Meeting polls.
Nationwide Convention MP Farooq Abdullah was additionally among the many Opposition leaders who questioned EVMs and stated, “When this machine was launched throughout the Congress regime, I used to be the Chief Minister. At the moment, we had requested the Election Fee if there could be any “theft”, that they had stated that sure it’s attainable. A technique must be discovered to right this machine so that folks’s belief in it stays.”
ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULT
The BJP swept Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh on Sunday inflicting a resounding defeat on the Congress to tighten its stranglehold in the Hindi heartland.
In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP bagged 163 of the 230 assembly seats, while the Congress got 66 seats and the Bharat Adivasi Party secured one seat.
The BJP secured an impressive victory in Rajasthan, winning 115 seats, as the ‘revolving door trend’ continued in the state where an incumbent party has not been voted back to power in the last 30 years. The Congress finished second with 69 seats.
In Chhattisgarh, the BJP registered a strong victory in Chhattisgarh, dethroning Congress. The saffron party won 54 seats in Chhattisgarh while the grand old party finished second with 35 seats.