Cong faults EVMs after civic polls

Oct 15, 2010 |

Ahmedabad

Smarting under defeat in Gujarat civic polls, Congress on Thursday blamed the “tampered” electronic voting machine for the loss and said it did not reflect “public opinion” even as a triumphant BJP took potshots at the main Opposition party in the state.
“All EVMs were made by a Hyderabad-based company for the state government eight years ago. Therefore, it is the state government which has control over them. I believe they have tampered with the EVMs,” senior Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela alleged. “It (BJP win) is not Modi magic. It is machine magic which has brought victory to BJP. The municipal polls do not reflect public opinion,” the former Union minister said.
Replying to the allegations, CM Narendra Modi shot back “Congress should understand that it is not the machine magic but magic of people’s ire which has brought these results.”
“Even the PM has said that EVMs cannot be tampered with. If they do not want to believe us, they should believe their own PM,” he said.

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Visitors seek touts for tickets on CWG finale
PREETI KARMAYOGI
New Delhi

Oct. 14: Even as all the tickets for the closing ceremony were sold out on Thursday, there were several visitors to the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium who hoped to get hold of a few tickets from the touts.
A few also were seen looking for VIP passes “on sale” in order to have the best view.
While the tickets priced at `750 were sold at about `2,000, the high priced tickets were being sold at 25 per cent margin.
“I have bought a ticket worth `4,000 at a price of `5,000. I came during the opening ceremony and did not want to miss the closing ceremony because such events don’t happen every day. These are lifetime events,” said Adarsh Kumar, a visitor.
There were many who had come from other states to attend the closing ceremony.
“I have come from Chandigarh with my sister and am ready to pay `20,000 for the tickets but I have not come across any broker yet. I am told that I will get the tickets in black here,” said a visitor.

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