PM-designate Narendra Modi on Friday took a swipe at INDIA bloc over allegations of EVM tampering. While addressing the NDA alliance meeting with the newly elected members of Parliament, Modi claimed that the opposition tried to blame the EVMs and weaken the Election Commission of India.
“When results were coming out on June 4, I was busy with work. Phone calls started coming in later. I asked someone, numbers are fine, tell me EVM zinda hai ki mar gaya (Is the EVM dead or alive). Before 4 June, these people (opposition) were constantly blaming EVMs and they were determined to make people lose faith in the democratic process of India.I thought they would take out the funeral procession of the EVM,” he remarked.
He continued, “But by the evening of June 4, unko taale lag gaye. EVM ne unko chup kar diya (EVM silenced the Opposition). This is the strength of India’s democracy, its fairness. I hope I won’t hear about EVM for 5 years. But when we go into 2029, perhaps they will again harp about EVM. The country will never forgive them.”
Modi slammed the Congress party, stating, “Even after 10 years, Congress could not touch the figure of 100 seats. If we combine the 2014, 2019 and 2024 elections, Congress did not even get as many seats as BJP got in this election. I can clearly see the people of the INDI alliance were sinking slowly earlier, now they are going to sink at a faster pace.”
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He emphasised the trust the country places in the NDA, adding,”When there is such unwavering trust and confidence it is natural that the country’s expectations will also increase and I consider this good.”
Reflecting on the past decade, PM Modi remarked, “I had said earlier that the work of the last 10 years is just a trailer. And this is my commitment.”
“We were neither defeated nor were we defeated. But our behaviour after the 4th shows our identity that we know how to digest victory. Our values are such that we do not develop frenzy in the lap of victory and neither do we have the values of mocking the defeated. We protect the victorious and we do not have the perversion of mocking the defeated. These are our values,” he claimed.
Earlier this week, leaders of parties in the NDA held a meeting and passed a resolution to elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader. Modi is all set to take oath as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time on Sunday, June 9.