"When they win, they remain silent": Union Minister BL Verma slams Congress amid row over EVMs
Dec 16, 2024
New Delhi [India], December 16 : Union Minister BL Verma slammed the Congress hours after the TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee objected to the allegations of the Congress over the functioning of the Electronic Voting Machines.
"Whenever elections took place, and Congress lost, it raises questions on the EVMs. When they win, they remain silent..," the minister told ANI, in response to TMC's Abhishek Banerjee differing with the Congres on the EVM functioning.
With the Opposition raising questions on the reliability of the Electronic Voting Machines, Trinamool Congress MP and party National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday differed with the Congress on the issue.
He termed the allegations as "just random statements" and demanded that people making such allegations should demonstrate how the EVMs can be "hacked".
"The people who raise questions on EVM, if they have anything then they should go and show a demo to the Election Commission. If work is done properly at the time of EVM randomisation and the people who work on the booth check during mock polls and counting, then I don't think there is any substance in this allegation," he said.
"If still someone feels that EVMs can be hacked, then they should meet the Election Commission and show how EVMs can be hacked...Nothing can be done by just making random statements...," the TMC MP added.
Earlier the Congress had raised doubts about the EVMs after the party lost the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections.
The party even met the Election Commission raising doubts on the electoral process in Maharashtra.
"EVM is a part of the election process. There are issues in the entire election machinery in the Maharashtra assembly elections and targeted manipulation has taken place...The results of the Maharashtra assembly elections are impossible. No one can understand them...We have raised questions on the entire election machinery which is very dangerous for democracy," Jairam Ramesh told ANI on December 1.
