Reportedly ever since Narendra modi returned to power with increased majority in 2019 general elections, there have been several doubts on EVMs among Opposition parties and its supporters. But none at the top was vocal about it. Meanwhile even Congress leaders were silent over the EVMs. TDP's Chandrababu Naidu, who had fought vehemently against modi before the polls and even raised various doubts on EVMs before the results, too went into silent mode on the alleged 'tampering' of EVMs.
Furthermore modi's harshest critic and West Bengal CM mamata banerjee is the first person among the prominent leaders from Opposition camp to raise strong voice on EVMs after the results were announced on 23rd May. Earlier Mamata held a meeting with TMC party leaders to review the party's performance in the Lok Sabha election and she made crucial comments on EVMs functioning and the conduct of polls, questioning the 2019 election results, Mamata said BJP won Lok Sabha polls by "tampering" EVMs.
Moreover raising a serious point, Mamata alleged that the EVM machines were not
working during the elections and the one that were changed "were not
programmed for fair polling. They were pre programmed for a party." She
further alleged that over 1 lakh EVMs have been missing and EVM voting is not
the verdict of people. She said, "We want ballot papers back. We don't
want EVM. Save democracy, bring back ballot papers and only 2% machines are
verified, 98% are not verified."
