The BJP on Tuesday condemned the Opposition parties for questioning the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and asked them to accept their defeat with grace if the people vote Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power again.
Party leader and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took a swipe at the Opposition, saying EVMs were fine when its leaders like Mamata Banerjee, N. Chandrababu Naidu and Amarinder Singh win elections and come to power, but the machines turn unreliable when it appears Mr. Modi will come back to power.
“EVM is good when Mamata Banerjee became West Bengal Chief Minister twice and Amarinder Singh became Punjab Chief Minister. If they win, EVM is good. But when there is expectation that we will win because people of this country want Narendra Modi to be Prime Minister again, then EVM is unreliable.
‘Sudden mistrust’
“The BJP condemns their [the Opposition’s] conduct and will tell humbly to accept their defeat with grace,” he said.
BJP spokesperson G.V.L. Narasimha Rao said the Opposition parties were desperately seeking an alibi for their impending massive defeat and their sudden mistrust is “unsurprising and unimaginary.”
