Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati blamed the BJP of “hijacking the national election with the help of EVMs”, after the leads indicated a clear majority for the ruling party.
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Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi assailed all the opposition parties including the Congress for raising questions over tampering of EVM. He said the opposition parties want to “discredit” democracy as they are unable to digest “defeat of the dynasty”.
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Senior Congress leader and spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala slammed the election commission and termed as “constitutional travesty” the EC's rejection of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand
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Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti alleged that uniformed personnel forced people to vote for the BJP and claimed that the EVMs malfunctioned in some places with the Congress button not working during the first phase of polling in Jammu’s Poonch area.
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Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, on Tuesday, demanded a thorough investigation into the sensational claims made by a self-proclaimed cyberexpert, Syed Shuja. The Congress is trying to distance itself from the entire episode.
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A day after a self-proclaimed US-based Indian cyberexpert claimed that the 2014 Lok Sabha elections were “rigged” through electronic voting machines, the BSP chief, Mayawati, demanded to use ballot paper instead of EVMs in the upcoming general election.
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Former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi, on Wednesday, said the NOTA option in EVMs would have no consequences on election results. However, he said there should be continuous pressure on political parties to field better candidates.
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