"They should introspect the situation instead of blaming EVMS": Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule
Nov 27, 2024
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], November 27 : Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday lashed out at the opposition and said that the party should introspect the situation instead of blaming the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
"31 MPS of the Maha Vikas Aghadi were elected during the Lok Sabha elections five months ago in Maharashtra; why didn't they raise questions on EVMs at that time? Now their candidate has won Nanded Lok Sabha by-elections, were there no problem with the EVMs there? They are just creating a mess and instead of blaming the EVMs, they should introspect on why they lost. They will lose the elections in the future also if they keep doing this. There is no delay in the government formation. Every worker wants his leader to become the CM. It's being formed for the people. Soon a good government will be formed...," Bawankule said while speaking to ANI.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut spoke on the same issue and said that the EVMs were a fraud in the country and that if there were no EVMS, the BJP would not even have won 25 seats. 
"We have been raising this question for the last 10 years. When Congress was in power, the BJP had raised questions on EVMs. EVMs are a fraud in this country and if there are no EVMs, BJP will not get even 25 seats in the whole country. We do not accept the way the results of Maharashtra and Haryana have come. Conduct the elections on ballot papers and whatever the results, we will accept it..." Raut said.
Meanwhile, on November 26, the Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking the reintroduction of the physical paper ballot voting system in elections in India.
These remarks come on the heels of the Maha Vikas's defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly election, where the Mahayuti alliance swept to power in a landslide victory with the BJP emerging as the biggest winner with 132 seats out of 280 member Maharashtra assembly, while its allies--the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde and the NCP led by Ajit Pawar--won 57 and 41 seats, respectively.
While the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) managed to secure only 46 seats, with the Congress getting just 16.
