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
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) leader Kirit Somaiya lashed out at the opposition in Maharashtra for blaming the EVMs for their loss in the Maharashtra elections.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti sweeps the 2024 general assembly elections in Maharashtra, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said that the party leaders were surprised over the information they got about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being selectively "hacked."
Speaking to ANI, SP leader ST Hasan said, "We have been saying this since the past 5 years that our electoral system is 'defective.' We do not trust the EVMs and when I was in the parliament, we (SP) proposed that to ensure greater transparency both EVMs and ballot boxes should be counted, a
In Maharashtra, the BJP won 132 seats, Shiv Sena, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde won 57 seats, and the NCP, led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, won 41 seats. The state has 288 assembly seats.
Political Analyst Tehseen Poonawalla on Saturday stated that Congress and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) need to reflect upon the reasons behind their defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. He added that the MVA should now stop blaming the EVMs for the loss.