Sitharaman slams Cong over EVMs hacking issue

Amid the row over a self-styled expert alleging that EVMs could be tampered with, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday hit out at the Congress for joining hands with elements in a foreign country who claimed that electronic voting machines could be hacked.

She dared the Congress to step down from power in Madhya Pradesh where assembly elections were held recently.

A self-styled cyber expert had days ago claimed that EVMs could be hacked and alleged that the 2014 general elections were rigged.

To a question on Tamil Nadu Congress demanding an inquriy into claims that EVMs could be hacked following a hackathon in London recently, she told reporters here that "if they win, EVM is working properly, if they lose EVMs do not function properly, and that too in a foreign country."
The Defence Minister attacked the Congress for what she termed pursuing the path of weakening democracy. "This is an effort by the Congress to weaken democracy."