EC functioning under guidance of PM, BJP: Naidu

April 15, 2019 22:58

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, key interlocutor among 21 opposition parties demanding verification of at least 50 per cent of polled votes against VVAPT slips, on Monday alleged the Election Commission was functioning under the 'guidance' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Opposition parties on Sunday had held a meeting to discuss the issue of EVM malfunctioning and said they will approach the Supreme Court again to demand that at least 50per cent of paper trails be verified with EVMs.

Naidu had met Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Saturday to raise the issue of alleged malfunctioning of EVMs.

The Telugu Desam Party chief also asked the people of Karnataka to vote in favor of the Janata Dal (Secular)- Congress coalition candidates in the coming Lok Sabha polls.

"Yesterday I met the Election Commission. All of you are here and I want to tell you one thing. This Election Commission is working under the guidance of Narendra Modi and BJP," Naidu said, addressing a public meeting in Mandya's Pandavapura.

Alleging that the independent functioning of all constitutional organisations is under threat, he said, "We are all together to fight against EVMs...as of today EVMs are vulnerable."

Demanding verification of VVPAT paper trails of 50 per cent of the EVMs, he said, "...we all suspect that the government of India and also the Election Commission of doing some fraud in VVPAT." -- PTI

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