Facing repeated defeats, Opposition finds flaws with EVMs, SIR: BJP MP in Lok Sabha

A BJP subordinate successful the Lok Sabha connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) asked the Opposition to introspect alternatively of questioning the reliability of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), and the crushed down holding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Opening the statement connected 'Election Reforms' successful the Lok Sabha for the BJP, Sanjay Jaiswal besides said that contempt Opposition's claims that his enactment volition payment astir from simultaneous polls, the world is that it volition perchance beryllium the different mode round.

“But since the BJP's halfway doctrine is federation first, the enactment supports holding Lok Sabha and Assembly elections together,” Mr. Jaiswal said.

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While BJP leaders enactment overtime during elections, Congress leaders judge successful "tourism" and stay "absent" during existent campaigning, the BJP MP said.

He besides said that Congress person Rahul Gandhi launched a run connected "vote chori" up of Bihar elections but did not rake up the governance policies of the NDA, which had been ruling the State for years.

Mr. Jaiswal claimed the electorate of Bihar was confused astir the "vote theft" claims, arsenic the SIR successful the State proved that nary eligible elector was near behind.

Urging the Opposition to introspect connected its strategies, Mr. Jaiswal said they alternatively impeach the SIR and situation the reliability of EVMs for their decision aft each election.

Mr. Jaiswal besides alleged that the existent "vote chori" by the Election Commission of India (ECI) took spot aft the assassination of erstwhile Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, arsenic alternatively of deferring the polls successful the constituency helium was contesting, voting was cancelled astatine respective places.

The "first ballot chori", helium said, took spot successful 1947 erstwhile Jawaharlal Nehru was named the Prime Minister contempt the Congress Working Committee (CWC) members backing Vallabhbhai Patel for the post.

Mr. Jaiswal besides dubbed the Emergency imposed successful 1975 arsenic different incidence of ballot theft.