Gyanesh Kumar (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Amidst US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s claims of finding evidence of massive vulnerabilities in EVM machines, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday stated that Electronic Vending Machines (EVMs) in the country were absolutely safe and were not being tampered with. The CEC stated that wherever democracy…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led central government, alleging that the saffron party won the Maharashtra assembly elections through “fraud”. He made a strong pitch for having elections on ballot paper while questioning the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines…
NEW DELHI: J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s dismissal of Congress’s allegations of tampering with EVMs and his assertions that he has never blamed the machines for election outcomes put his ally in the state and INDIA bloc on a sticky wicket. Congress has been stepping up its attack on EVMs since its poll losses in Haryana…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday criticised INDIA bloc ally Congress for its inconsistent stance on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), taking a pointed swipe at the party’s selective trust in the voting mechanism.In an exclusive interview with news agency PTI, Abdullah said, “When you get over a hundred members of…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that winning MLAs of his party will not take the oath on the first day of Maharashtra assembly special session. Alleging misuse of EVMs during the Maharashtra assembly election, Thackeray said that he “has doubts.” Talking to reporters, Aaditya Thackeray said that his party…
NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar raised concerns over possible discrepancies in the votes recorded by Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections. However, he added that he did not have concrete evidence to back these claims.“There is some difference in the votes of EVMs, but at the moment,…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a divergent position from his party’s stance over the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) following the party’s poor showing in Maharashtra’s assembly elections.While Tharoor defended the reliability of EVMs, he expressed concerns about possible manipulation within the electoral…
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav stepped up his attack on the ruling BJP over the EVM issue and linked it to the recent Sambhal riot, claiming the clashes were “induced” to “deviate” people.“The way they (BJP) have won elections by putting pressure on officials and hence…