After the disastrous defeats in Haryana and Maharashtra, the Congress has been raising questions about the EVM. Now that its allies are backing EVM, Congress appears to be alone on the issue. Omar Abdullah, the first chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, and Abhishek Banerjee, current TMC MP and national general secretary of the party, have both issued statements in support of the EVM. He said those who have questions about EVMs, if they have any questions, then they should go to the Election Commission and show demonstrations.
The TMC MP further said that if the work was done properly at the time of EVM randomization and the checks were carried out by the people working at the booths during the mock polls and counting of votes, then I do not think there is any substance in this allegation. Banerjee said that if anyone still thinks that EVMs can be hacked, then they should meet the Election Commission and show how EVMs can be hacked. He said that just making meaningless remarks will not achieve anything.
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#watch |Delhi: Regarding J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s statement on the EVM allegations in Congress, TMC MP and party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said, “People who have raised questions about EVMs, if they have any doubts, then they should go and show demonstrations to the elections pic.twitter.com/oXJYr09s0u
— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2024
‘Cannot move forward under Rahul Gandhi’
Union Minister Prahlad Joshi said Congress should think about it, at least when members of the Indian Union say so. The minister said that when we said this, it did not believe it but now when its allies also say this, then the Congress should understand and they should realize that they will not be able to move forward under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. Mamta Banerjee, Sharad Pawar and Akhilesh Yadav also said the same. He said you can’t just blame the EVM, Congress should consider that.
#watch |Regarding J&K CM and NC Vice President Omar Abdullah’s statement on EVM allegations in Congress, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said, “At least when people from the INDI alliance Congress should work to make this happen when we say it, but they don’t understand it even now. pic.twitter.com/jHxgICEYt3
— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2024
“Congress should reflect”
Further, the minister said the Congress party should realize what its mistakes were and should introspect. He said we also want a strong opposition. We don’t want Congress or the opposition to become completely weak. The minister said governance in a democracy is as important as opposition. In this case, Congress should improve itself.
“Everyone has an opinion”
Meanwhile, Congress leader Tariq Anwar reacted to the remarks of Abhishek Banerjee and Omar Abdullah. He said that everyone has an opinion and they have the right to express it. On democracy, he said, but the Congress party has its own views.
“If you win everything is fine, if you lose blame the EVM”
In fact, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had said in an interview that Congress should accept the election results and stop crying for EVM. Apart from this, he reiterated the views of the BJP and said that when you win an election, you accept the result and when you lose, you blame the EVM, which cannot happen.
