Amit Shah Blames Congress Leadership, Not EVMs, for Repeated Poll Defeats in Lok Sabha Clash

By A Staff Reporter

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp attack on the Congress in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, asserting that the party’s recurring electoral defeats were the result of its leadership failures rather than any flaws in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) or the electoral roll. Participating in a debate that saw renewed opposition criticism of the electoral process, Shah countered that Congress had a long history of deflecting responsibility.

Shah pointed out that the “tradition” of Congress’s electoral losses had begun in 2014, yet the party insisted on blaming systems it once endorsed. He reminded the House that it was former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who introduced the concept of EVMs in 1989, and that these machines were first used in general elections in 2004 and 2009—both of which the Congress won comfortably. “There was no complaint then,” he said, “but the objections began only after 2014, when voters rejected them.”

Attacking the opposition’s apprehensions, Shah said EVMs had strengthened the integrity of India’s electoral process by eliminating avenues for booth capturing and ballot manipulation. “They are worried,” he claimed, “because they can no longer run away with ballot boxes and win elections through corrupt practices.”