Won't be surprised if INDIA alliance blames EVMs for assembly polls outcome: Ajit Pawar

Ajit Pawar says people may blame EVMs for poll results; PM Modi's work being appreciated. He believes tampering with EVMs on such a large scale is impossible. K Chandrasekhar Rao's overconfidence in Maharashtra expansion led to his rejection in Telangana. People's decision is always supreme.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said he would not be surprised if some people cry foul and put the blame on EVMs for the assembly polls outcome, as counting was underway in four states.

The BJP was racing towards power in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and had a distinct edge in Chhattisgarh while the Congress was poised to oust the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana.

Speaking to reporters, Pawar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's work was being appreciated by the people.

"I will not be surprised if people from the INDIA alliance start blaming the EVMs (electronic voting machines) for the results," he said.

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It would be like crying foul, he added.

“When I was in government in the past, my opinion at the time was that tampering with EVMs was impossible. Just one person cannot tamper with the EVMs on such a large scale. You need many people to do it, and when a number of people get involved in such a practice, it would have naturally come out by now,” the NCP leader said.