Attacking Congress over the claims of hacking of EVMs made at a London press conference by Shuja, Union minister Giriraj Singh questioned the credibility of Shuja and expressed concern that he could have Islamic State links or could also be affiliated to Pakistani intelligence.
Singh, who is minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, on Tuesday wondered if Shuja, who levelled the allegations against BJP, was affiliated to ISI or terrorist organisation ISIS.
Slamming Congress for allegedly fueling the entire affair, he tweeted: "It is scary that the agenda of Pakistan and China was sponsored and supervised by a top Congress leader. Once out of power, the Congress wants to kill democracy in the country. We have seen it earlier during the Emergency.”
He said that Shuja’s claim and the Congress’s “EVM drama” reminds him of a statement of late Congress chief Sitara, Kesri that “one family will destroy India”.
Can Shuja, who claims to be a cyber expert, be affiliated to ISI, Pakistani spy agency, or ISIS with an aim to weaken democracy in India, he asked.
A day after Shuja alleged that BJP had won 2014 elections by rigging the EVMs, the ruling party dubbed it as a “Congress-sponsored conspiracy” to defame Indian democracy and its Election Commission.
The Election Commission on Tuesday refuted all the claims made by cyber expert and in a statement released in New Delhi, reaffirmed that its machines are ‘non-tamperable’. The ECI reiterated that the EVMs used by it are manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), both state-owned, under "very strict" supervisory and security conditions.
Serious political disturbances have been set off by the claims ahead of the crucial national polls scheduled for the mid of this year.