<p>As Madhya Pradesh voted overwhelmingly in the Assembly elections on Wednesday, the Congress accused the BJP of hacking electronic voting machines using bluetooth technology.</p>.<p>The Congress' minder for Madhya Pradesh Dipak Babariya claimed that the BJP was rigging electronic voting machines at several polling booths by affixing a bluetooth device to the polling terminals.</p>.<p>The Election Commission has repeatedly denied that the EVMs it deploys for recording votes can be tampered, and had challenged political parties to prove their charge at a hackathon last year.</p>.<p>More than 75% of the five crore voters exercised their franchise in the Madhya Pradesh elections, where Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is seeking a record fourth term in office against a formidable challenge put up by the Congress led by Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia.</p>.<p>However, Babariya, the AICC General Secretary in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, claimed that despite the BJP's machinations, the Congress would emerge victorious in Madhya Pradesh by winning more than 130 seats in the Assembly of 230.</p>.<p>He also flagged the issue of 40 lakh bogus voters in the state. He claimed that each of the 230 Assembly seats have anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 bogus voters.</p>.<p>Babariya said the tampering of EVM could be checked at the polling booth level itself by a "dedicated team of polling agents, who diligently observe the election process and flag discrepancies with the polling officer."</p>.<p>He said though the Congress had made efforts to strengthen the organisation in the state, it lacked a network of party workers in rural areas who could keep an alert eye on the poll process.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, Congress leaders had flagged issues of EVM malfunctioning across polling stations in the state, particularly in rural areas.</p>.<p>“I request the Election Commission to immediately take cognisance of the issue and ensure uninterrupted and fair polling across the state,” senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said.</p>
<p>As Madhya Pradesh voted overwhelmingly in the Assembly elections on Wednesday, the Congress accused the BJP of hacking electronic voting machines using bluetooth technology.</p>.<p>The Congress' minder for Madhya Pradesh Dipak Babariya claimed that the BJP was rigging electronic voting machines at several polling booths by affixing a bluetooth device to the polling terminals.</p>.<p>The Election Commission has repeatedly denied that the EVMs it deploys for recording votes can be tampered, and had challenged political parties to prove their charge at a hackathon last year.</p>.<p>More than 75% of the five crore voters exercised their franchise in the Madhya Pradesh elections, where Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is seeking a record fourth term in office against a formidable challenge put up by the Congress led by Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia.</p>.<p>However, Babariya, the AICC General Secretary in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, claimed that despite the BJP's machinations, the Congress would emerge victorious in Madhya Pradesh by winning more than 130 seats in the Assembly of 230.</p>.<p>He also flagged the issue of 40 lakh bogus voters in the state. He claimed that each of the 230 Assembly seats have anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 bogus voters.</p>.<p>Babariya said the tampering of EVM could be checked at the polling booth level itself by a "dedicated team of polling agents, who diligently observe the election process and flag discrepancies with the polling officer."</p>.<p>He said though the Congress had made efforts to strengthen the organisation in the state, it lacked a network of party workers in rural areas who could keep an alert eye on the poll process.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, Congress leaders had flagged issues of EVM malfunctioning across polling stations in the state, particularly in rural areas.</p>.<p>“I request the Election Commission to immediately take cognisance of the issue and ensure uninterrupted and fair polling across the state,” senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said.</p>
