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EVM Hacking

News Reports

Election Commission busts media propaganda: Malfunctioning EVM in Goa mock poll was favouring Congress, not BJP

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2019

According to the story, in a mock poll ahead of the actual elections in Goa, the BJP had received 17 votes through the EVM machine instead of its allotted 9.

News Reports

Congress spokesperson Dr Ajoy Kumar shares old article to spread EVM hack theory

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Even after pointing out that news about EVM malfunction was from 2014, Congress leader refused to take it back

Fact-Check

Indian Express journalist caught spreading fake news claiming ‘All votes going to Lotus’

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Journalist helps spread a rumor that booth number 151 in Kovalam, Kerala was taking votes only for 'Lotus'.

Politics

Congress’ Sam Pitroda says ‘something’ is wrong with EVMs, which he will find if allowed to ‘study’ one EVM for one year

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2019

Sam Pitroda claims he needs 1 year to study about the EVMs before revealing what are the faults in it

Crime

TRS leader arrested after his picture clicked inside EVM strongroom goes viral on social media

14 April, 2019

As the picture did the rounds and the Congress party cried foul

News Reports

Chandrababu Naidu’s ‘EVM expert’ was arrested in 2010 for ‘EVM theft’

OpIndia Staff - 14 April, 2019

Ironically, the 'expert' from Chandrababu's delegation representing the TDP in front of the poll chief, was a person who himself was an 'EVM theft' accused

Politics

Chandrababu Naidu writes to Chief Election Commissioner alleging “mala fide actions of the ECI”

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2019

Naidu demanded the ECI to immediately revert back to the ballot paper system in order to save the sanctity of the electoral process.

Politics

In the first phase of polling itself, Congress rides the ‘EVM glitch’ bogey

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2019

A total of 39 EVM complaints have been sent to the Election Commission by the Congress party.

News Reports

Congress resorts to vandalism after crushing defeat in Jind bypoll, raises the ‘EVM tampering’ bogey

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2019

Congress workers created ruckus after embarrassing results in the Jind by-polls, where senior Congress leader and close aide of Rahul Gandhi, Randeep Singh Surjewala was pushed to humiliating third position

News Reports

ECI requests Delhi Police to lodge FIR against Syed Shuja for dubious claims regarding EVMs

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2019

The Election Commission of India (ECI) also remarked that when an opportunity was presented to all parties to demonstrate any vulnerability of the EVMs, no one had actually turned up.

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