‘They should abandon the mindset of spoilt prince’: BJP slams Congress after ECI rejects Haryana poll claims | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a fierce attack on Congress party for its allegations against Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday. He pointed to the EC’s detailed 1,642-page response to Congress’s accusations, calling it evidence of grand old party’s “vengeful pride” and “suspiciously covert” motives.Trivedi raised questions…

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Congress questions integrity of counting, alleges conspiracy – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday refused to accept Haryana verdict, claiming there were serious complaints about the integrity of the counting process and functioning of EVMs in several constituencies.Alleging a “conspiracy”, Congress blamed the EVM batteries, saying the count from machines with the fully charged ones had Congress in the lead, while those with “60%-70%”…

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‘Black box’: Rahul Gandhi backs Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s concerns over EVMs | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday backed Tesla CEO Elon Musk‘s concerns regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and called it a “black box“.“EVMs in India are a black box, and nobody is allowed to scrutinize them. Serious concerns are being raised about transparency in our electoral process.Democracy ends up becoming a sham and…

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Final phase of Bengal voting marred by sporadic violence; EVM thrown in pond | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Incidents of violence were reported during the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha polls across nine parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal. Clashes erupted between workers of TMC, ISF, and BJP in various areas of the violence-prone Jadavpur and Diamond Harbour constituencies.The poll panel claimed that voting has been peaceful so far, but…

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VVPAT plea in SC: Election Commission says people with vested interest discrediting existing system; top court reserves verdict | India News – Times of India

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‘We can go back to paper ballots’: Supreme Court discusses issues with VVPAT system | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard petitions regarding the papers slips generated through the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system on Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and the problems related to secret ballot voting system.“We are in our 60s. We all know what happened when there were ballot papers, you may have, but…

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