"Votes of people from SC, ST, OBC, poor communities are being wasted. Set aside EVMs. We do not want EVMs; we want voting on ballot paper...Let them keep the machine at their home, at the home of PM Modi or Amit Shah...Then we would know where you (BJP-NDA) stand," Mallikarjun Kharge said
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi on Tuesday defended Party President Mallikarjun Kharge statement "We do not want EVMs, we want ballot papers", saying that if trust of a "larger section of voters in voting machines starts shaking then the Election Commission should listen to it."
The Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition on Tuesday seeking the reintroduction of the physical paper ballot voting system in elections in India.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, said on Monday that the country should hold elections over ballot papers, expressing concerns over the integrity of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Chidambaram told ANI, "I have been participating in elections using EVMs since 2004. I have personally had no bad experience. Nor do I have any evidence to prove that there has been any kind of manipulation or tampering."
"The victory in Maharashtra was unprecedented. It is very difficult for our opponents to absorb the extent of the loss and therefore this is case of sour grapes. What our opponents are saying now has no meaning... the people have comprehensively rejected them.. and now they are blaming the E
As the Congress leaders allege EVM hack conspiracy after the Mahayuti swept the 2024 general assembly elections in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) or NCP SP MP Supriya Sule on Monday said that they would need evidence to prove the same. She said that she would d
Congress leader Singh also claimed that the results of the Maharashtra elections unfolded exactly as the BJP wished, highlighting that they fielded 148 candidates and secured victory for 132 of them, with a success strike rate of 89 per cent.
Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar on Sunday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured electoral victories in Maharashtra and Haryana through manipulation and the misuse of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uttar Pradesh President Bhupendra Chaudhary on Sunday slammed the Samajwadi Party (SP), accusing them of blaming the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and constitutional institutions whenever the public gives a mandate against them.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya lashed out at the opposition in Maharashtra for blaming the EVMs for their loss in the Maharashtra elections.