Plus, Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and Arun Govil are among the heavyweight candidates in the fray in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Supreme Court s rejection of petitions for cross-verifying EVM votes with VVPAT, stating it shattered the dreams of those seeking to mislead the nation. The SC upheld EVM usage, rejecting calls for 100% verification, affirming the existing protocol and dismissing pleas for a return to paper ballots.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (Apr 26) slammed the opposition for their condemnation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and said that the Supreme Court judgement on cross-verification of votes was a "tight slap" on the Congress-led opposition.
Speaking at a rally in the Araria Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar, the PM also said that the opposition was trying to "steal" reservations meant for OBCs, SCs and STs "for the sake of their favourite vote bank of Muslims".