EVMs are not reliable, says BJP former leader Yashwant Sinha
Sinha in symposium on ‘threat to democracy and constitution’ in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 27: BJP former leader Yashwant Sinha said that he does not have the belief that election process would be held properly through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and got good results.
Speaking at a symposium on ‘threat to democracy and constitution’ organized by the Progressive Forum at the Legislators House in the city on Sunday, Sinha said that developed countries have already have already said that EVMs could be hacked. But the Central Election Commission is not accepting it. Instead, it has been challenging to prove allegation, he said.
For the last four years, the democracy in the country is in a dangerous situation. Democratic organizations have been targeted. When the opposition parties are against presenting the budget, the Prime Minister has never tried to pacify the opposition leaders by discussing with them, he alleged.
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister, he had directed the opposition parties not to disturb the Parliament Session. Because of this reason, the government was responding to the demands of the opposition parties including no-confidence motion, he said.
Clear message
As the secular political parties have come together and formed the government in the state after the Assembly election, it has sent a clear message to the country. In the last Lok Sabha election, BJP has got just 31 per cent of votes and 69 per cent of votes were against it. If all the political parties come together, it is sure that secular parties would form the government at the center, he said.
Nowadays, media houses were being controlled to win the election. Both media and social media are so dangerous. Every citizen should speak loudly and protect the country and democracy, he appealed.
Freedom fighter HS Doreswamy, former minister BT Lalitha Nayak, dalit leader Lakshminarayan Nagawara, former MLA BR Patil, Congress senior leader BL Shankar. MP Nadagouda and others were present.
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BJP using money garnered from paper leaks to fund Jharkhand poll campaign, alleges Soren
Ranchi (PTI): Taking a dig at the central investigative agencies, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday claimed that they were busy probing incidents like "chicken theft" while cases like the examination paper leaks in UP remain untouched at the behest of the BJP.
Soren alleged that the BJP was behind the paper leaks in the states it ruled, and the money it garnered from there was being used to fund its poll campaigns.
"The pomp and show that you are seeing from BJP in Jharkhand elections is all due to the money from paper leaks... ED, CBI, NIA which have started investigating even chicken theft cases these days did not probe paper leaks because it is the BJP that leaks these and with that money, it buys MLAs and MPs post elections," Soren alleged in a post on X.
"Exam papers were leaked in all BJP-ruled states... MP Vyapam scam claimed several lives. In Jharkhand, we made tough law post one paper leak but BJP went to Raj Bhavan terming it a black law," he alleged.
Soren claimed that had he not been "harassed" by the ED and CBI in "false" cases, he would have created several new posts in the government and ensured large-scale recruitments.
