BJP Challenges Congress: Resign Before Questioning EVM Integrity | Mumbai News

New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday hit back at the Congress for questioning the electoral process, including the integrity of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), saying its chief ministers and other elected representatives, like Rahul Gandhi, should first resign and announce that they will contest only after ballot papers are brought back.
Such a stand will underscore their trust in the issues being raised by them, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia told reporters, adding that their allegations will otherwise be nothing but empty words.
The Congress should move the courts over the issue, too, he said, while stressing that the Supreme Court has quite a few times endorsed the transparency of the electoral process and the integrity of EVM.
Congress chief ministers, and leaders such as Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should resign as they were elected through the same electoral process, Bhatia said. It was ironic that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge questioned EVMs on a day Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took oath as a Lok Sabha MP, he said. The Congress will soon be confined to the pages of history books, he said.
Speaking on the incidents targeting Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, the BJP spokesperson noted the stand of the Indian govt and expressed confidence that India’s strong voice cannot be ignored.
As the biggest democracy in the world, it is India’s duty to raise its voice when minorities are facing harassment anywhere, Bhatia claimed.
He also accused Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav of acting as a shield for rioters and alleged the party’s members, including MPs, are involved in instigating violence. Targeting the SP, he alleged riots frequently broke out when it ruled the state and that the opposition has no faith in the police. BJP’s reaction came after Yadav accused it of orchestrating violence in Sambhal in UP.