Opposition must shun yesterday's politics to craft a counter-BJP narrative

That Mr Modi seized upon the EVM issue and turned it on its head shows Opposition has failed

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for purchase of devices that leave a paper trail of votes cast on an electronic machine for use in future elections in the country. The nod came just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Opposition of “concocting issues in a factory of some kind” and specifically mentioned the controversy over electronic voting machines, or EVMs, which most in the Opposition have declared are vulnerable to hacking. That Mr Modi seized upon this issue with such enthusiasm – using it to portray his opponents as fabulists and sore losers – is