Newly elected Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah dismissed the allegations of tampering with electronic voting machines and said that he would never blame EVMs.
His comments contrasted with the Congress – his ally and INDI alliance counterpart. “When you get more than a hundred members of Parliament using a single EVM, and you celebrate it as a kind of victory for your party, you can’t look back after a few months and say… We don’t like EVMs because now the election results are not going the way we want,” Abdullah said in an interview PTI Friday.
Called out for sounding suspiciously like a BJP spokesperson, Abdullah responded “God forbid! What’s right is right.” He said that he was not biased but based on principles.
The Chief Minister said that if the parties do not believe in the voting system, they should not contest the election. ‘If there is a problem in EVMs, they should continue to deal with it,’ he said, ‘he said while replying to a question that he thinks that the opposition party and especially the Congress is blowing the wrong tree by focusing on it. in EVMs.
The National Congress leader stressed that whatever the outcome of the election, the electoral machinery remains the same and parties should not use it as an easy excuse for defeat. “One day the voters choose you, the next day they don’t,” he said, citing his own example of losing the Lok Sabha polls when he won a majority in the September assembly polls. “I never blamed the machine,” he said.
Further citing his support for the Central Vista project, Abdallah said, “Contrary to what everyone else believes, I think what is happening in this Central Vista project in Delhi is a very good thing. The new Parliament building was much needed and “the old He believes that its usefulness is over.
Congress has been defeated in Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections He expressed doubts about the error of EVM and election results. Demanded to return to paper ballot.
Abdullah’s comments add to the National Conference party’s recent tussle with the Congress, which has allied with it, over the September 2024 assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Commenting on the condition of anonymity, Congress leaders expressed frustration that the Congress did not campaign enough in the last elections. In the 90-member assembly, the Congress won 42 seats while the Congress won 6 seats.
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