"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 first day of the winter session of Parliament saw adjournments in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over opposition demands including joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe on Adani issue even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at members of Congress and other parties in IND
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday raised questions over the results of the assembly polls and said they were getting calls from all over the state in which people were expressing their apprehensions about the outcome.
A meeting of Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group meeting was held here which was presided over by the Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress President alleged that public money was used to give bribery, and there are serious allegations of "corruption, bribery and financial irregularities."
Preparing for the winter session of Parliament, Congress Lok Sabha MPs are planning to meet later today at 10:30 AM at the Congress Parliamentary Office to chalk out their strategy for the floor of the house.
The Parliament session is set to start today, with various issues slated to be discussed, including the Waqf Act (Amendment) Bill. The session will conclude on December 20.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, following her resounding victory in the Wayanad parliamentary by-election, met Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Ji on Saturday in the national capital.
BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde has served a defamation notice to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and the Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate for accusing him of distributing money to voters.