Lok Sabha Elections 2024: TMC's big claim on EVM tampering, shares image of EVMs with BJP tag
Also Read: EC censures TMC's Humayun Kabir after 'throw BJP supporters in Ganga' remark sparked row“@MamataOfficial has repeatedly flagged how @BJP4India was trying to rig votes by tampering with EVMs. And today, in Bankura's Raghunathpur, 5 EVMs were found with BJP tags on them.
@ECISVEEP should immediately look into it and take corrective action," read a TMC post on X.Also Read: Delhi Lok Sabha Elections: From bus, metro, traffic advisory to liquor stores; know what's open, what's closed todayThis is not the first time the TMC has accused the saffron party of EVM tampering. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier criticised the party for tampering with EVMs and even indulging in voter assault in previous phases of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Market may see sharp 20% decline if election results deviate from expectations -Experts TMC supremo has accused the BJP of opting unfair practices to hinder election process.
On May 1, Mamata Baanerjee accused the BJP of hatching a plan to switch EVMs that are being used in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections. The West Bengal CM claimed that the party is switching the EVMs with those that went missing in 2019.The allegations were made after a sudden rise in voter turnout data figures in the first and second phases of Lok Sabha elections.
“Figures that EC released yesterday show 5.75% more turnout in areas where BJP gets fewer votes. We want to know how this number went up, who makes EVM machines and who manufactures the chips used in these machines.
Around 1.9 million EVM machines have been missing for a long time. There is a wide suspicion that false data were entered into the missing EVMs and those machines were kept in place of
. Read more on livemint.com
