It is not possible to manipulate EVMs in our country: Ajit Pawar

The leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra legislative assembly, Ajit Pawar on Saturday expressed his faith in electronic voting machines and said he has full trust in them ‘personally.’ Pawar said that the people who lose the elections start blaming the EVMs and fail to accept the mandate of the people. Sometimes some people lose elections but they think that they can’t lose it, then they start putting allegations about EVMs but in… pic.twitter.com/gbQ7yiz6El — ANI April 8, 2023 The Nationalist Congress Party leader remarked, “If somehow it is proven that EVMs were manipulated, then there will be big chaos in the country. I don’t think anyone would dare to do such things.” In response to the accusation levelled by the opposition parties, particularly the Congress, he added, “Sometimes some people lose elections but they think that they can’t lose it, then they start putting allegations about EVMs but in reality, it is the actual mandate of the people.” The NCP leader also praised the leadership of PM Modi and said that it is not correct to target the PM over his education. As far as education in politics is concerned, it is considered to be not much of importance.” Notably, Ajit Pawar’s comments supporting EVM come just weeks after several opposition parties, including the NCP, had written to the Election Commission expressing concerns regarding the plan to allow remote voting for migrant voters using EVMs. Ajit Pawar also concurred with Sharad Pawar’s statement on Gautam Adani, after the NCP supremo stated that he disagreed with the opposition’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the Adani matter.