Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Feb 27: The opinion expressed by state home minister, Ramalinga Reddy, about the working of electronic voting machines (EVM) has provided fodder for his critics to make fun of him. BJP, reacting to his comments, said that Reddy, who already has been able to grasp the inevitable outcome of the election, has begun to issue irresponsible statements.
Addressing a press conference, Reddy had claimed that BJP had got 60 percent votes in Uttar Pradesh elections where EVMs were put into use. In places where EVMs were not used, he said BJP got only 30 percent votes. Therefore, he said he and other likeminded people have some reservations about the use of EVMs. He demanded that the EVMs used in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh are kept away from election in the state.
Ramalinga Reddy & Suresh Kumar
BJP spokesperson, Suresh Kumar, hitting back at Reddy, said that political parties should always welcome electoral reforms. He felt that it does not behove well for people like Reddy to support old arrangements which supported irregularities. "Reddy has learnt to speak more often after becoming home minister, but he has tragically forgotten to speak properly," he quipped.
Suresh Kumar said that Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, Dr Parameshwar, shed tears at the condition of Vidwath. He felt that it is strange that Parameshwar's heart melted at Vidwath's health complications. "He is not part of the government. The government aims at sheltering Harris. Rahul Gandhi has not spoken anything about this incident nor has he apologized. He seems to think that attacking innocents is birth right of his party activists. The presence of Harris in the meeting of senior officials convened to discuss the issue proves that the government is of goondas" he said.
Ramalinga Reddy clarified that MLA, Harris, was not present at the meeting of senior officials. He clarified that no such meeting was held in his office as claimed by BJP and wanted to know from BJP which insight provided to them this false information.