Cyber expert says 2014 polls rigged, EVMs hacked; EC stands by its machines

BJP described this explosive allegation as a ‘hacking horror show organised’ by the Congress
EVM Machines

A self-proclaimed Cyber expert said in London on Monday Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio helped the BJP to fix the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) utilized in the 2014 Lok Sabha decisions yet gave no evidence to his claims.

Syed Shuja, who wore a cover as he addressed Indian journalists through Skype, said he fled India in 2014 in light of the fact that he felt compromised after the executing of his colleagues.

How were the EVMs hacked?

Shuja, who said he is looking for political haven in the US, asserted the telecom monster Reliance Jio helped the BJP to get low-recurrence signs to hack the EVMs. He gave no evidence to back up his case.

Be that as it may, Jio was not in activity in 2014 and had propelled its administrations in September 2016.

Shuja, who made a shudder, likewise claimed that other than the BJP, the SP, BSP, AAP and Congress, as well, are engaged with the gear of the EVMs. There was no prompt response from any of these gatherings.

He was exhibited at the public interview held under the aegis of the Indian Journalists’ Association (Europe).

He said the BJP would have won the ongoing Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Assembly decisions if his group hadn’t captured the supposed endeavors by the saffron gathering to hack the “transmissions” in these states.

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Mahagathbandhan an alliance of corruption, negativity, instability: PM Modi

Leaders from over a dozen opposition parties gathered in Kolkata Saturday and vowed to put up a united fight in the coming Lok Sabha elections and oust Modi from power
Narendra Modi

Taking a dig at the Opposition’s show of unity during a rally in Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said their “mahagathbandhan” (grand alliance) was an alliance of corruption, negativity and instability.

The Opposition was staring at a defeat in forthcoming elections and looking for excuses ahead of their impending loss and thus are vilifying electronic voting machines, Modi said, addressing BJP’s booth-level workers through video-conference.

Leaders from over a dozen opposition parties gathered in Kolkata Saturday and vowed to put up a united fight in the coming Lok Sabha elections and oust Modi from power.

Several opposition leaders at the rally demanded the use of ballot papers instead of EVMs which they said were the source of “all sorts of malpractices”.

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TMC’s ‘united India rally’ will sound BJP’s death knell in LS polls: Mamata

Regional parties would be the deciding factor in the Lok Sabha polls, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee

With an eye on Delhi, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is altogether prepared for Saturday’s “united opposition rally”, which party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said would sound the “death knell” for the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha surveys.

Pioneers of more than 20 resistance parties are relied upon to go to the rally at the notable Brigade Parade Ground here on Saturday to pledge to set up a unified battle against the “misrule” of the saffron party.

The TMC plans to utilize the rally as a stage to prop Banerjee as a pioneer who can “bring different gatherings” and test the decision Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the general race.

Banerjee, the cerebrum behind the uber restriction rally, on Thursday said the provincial gatherings would be the integral factor in the Lok Sabha surveys Read More.