Congress leader Udit Raj on Thursday alleged that the BJP can only secure electoral victories through manipulation and the misuse of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
A zonal officer deployed in a polling centre in Maharashtra's Nagpur was chased and manhandled by a group of persons over an altercation regarding a spare Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) found in his car.
On the other side, the Uttar Pradesh BJP also write a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer alleging that fake ID cards are being provided to the people who came from outside to cast their vote.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge urged the people of Maharashtra to vote in maximum numbers. He appealed people to vote for prosperity of the state and to shun the forces that endanger the future of farmers and youth.
Polling parties left for their respective booths across Maharashtra on Tuesday as the state prepares to conduct its 2024 Assembly elections and elect a new government.
Ahead of the first phase of polling in Jharkhand, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K. Ravi Kumar said that all political workers including political leaders who are not the voters will not be present at the voting constituency during the polling process.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the son of former Delhi High Court judge Justice Dev Raj Khanna and the nephew of former Supreme Court judge HR Khanna, will take oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India on Monday at 10 am at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared the letter on X and said, "The ECI gave a non-reply to INC India's specific complaints in 20 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Haryana."
Trivedi questioned Congress's selective criticism of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), noting that they worked fine in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi, but not in Rajasthan in 2023 or Haryana.
Congress MP Manish Tewari said on Wednesday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) should "very seriously consider" using paper ballots to conduct elections, and that democracy is too precious to be left to technology.
Responding over the Election Commission of India rejecting the Congress allegations about irregularities in Haryana assembly elections, MoS Defence and BJP leader Sanjay Seth said that it is Congress' character to doubt and blame Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and ECI and that they don