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Sambit Patra reminded Mallikarjun Kharge that a time earlier, the Supreme Court had observed that candidates who suffer elections outcry foul implicit EVMs. (File Photo)
BJP spokesperson and Lok Sabha MP Sambit Patra Wednesday deed retired astatine Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for saying on Constitution Day that ballot papers should return. Patra reminded him that a time earlier, the Supreme Court had observed that candidates who suffer elections outcry foul implicit EVMs.
“Mallikarjunji, you don’t privation EVMs, judiciary, Election Commission, ED, CBI and authorities of India. So, the due spot for you is Mars, wherever nary of these exist,” Patra said, adding, “He said that EVMs are making the votes of OBCs, SCs and STs spell to waste. Does helium mean that conscionable due to the fact that they are SC, ST and OBC, they don’t cognize wherever to property the button? This is an insult to them.”
Taking a excavation astatine Kharge for saying that EVMs should beryllium kept astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s house, Patra said, “Modiji already has an EVM astatine his location – E for energy, V for vikas (development) and M for mehnat (hard work). Yes, we are winning due to the fact that of this EVM and you are losing due to the fact that of RBM – Rahul’s bekaar (bad) management. The occupation is not with the machine, but with your leadership. You request to regenerate Rahul and not EVM.”
“The infinitesimal Khargeji said what helium did, the Supreme Court was proceeding a petition against EVMs. Both judges proceeding the lawsuit said that suspicion of EVM fixing is unfounded. They added that those candidates who suffer outcry foul implicit EVMs. This is simply a communicative of grapes gone sour,” Patra said.
Patra underlined that erstwhile the EC had challenged each governmental parties for a hackathon successful 2017 to beryllium that EVMs could beryllium hacked, nary 1 turned up.
“You were truthful arrogant of 99 seats (in the Lok Sabha). At that clip everything was fine. When you triumph a state, you accidental thing astir EVM. Do you mean to accidental JMM besides won by tampering with EVMs? That is not confederation dharma,” Patra said. “Congress workers cognize that Rahul can’t win, but they can’t accidental it. So they accidental EVMs are bad. Rajiv Gandhi had spoken against ballot papers erstwhile BJP won 86 seats. Something is wrong, helium had said. The begetter said ballot papers are bad, the lad says EVMs are bad. Do they privation monarchy to instrumentality and that they beryllium made to deterioration the crown and beryllium connected a throne?”
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