Today, the streets of Delhi can hear the witnessed mass outrage and protest by thousands of Indian’s coming together and raising their voice against the (mis)use of Electronic Vote Machine (EVM) by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Waman Meshram, the president of Bharat Mukti Morcha, is holding a massive protest at the Central Election Commission office against EVMs. A crowd of thousands have gathered at Jantar Matar to raise their voice against the unfair elections taking place in our country, resulting in the choking of our democratic structure.
These rallies by the Bharat Mukti Morcha are a part of the awareness rallies the said organisation has been holding across the country, which are named as ‘EVM Scam Expose Rashtriya Parivartan Yatra – Part 2’. Through this collective effort, the protestors are demanding the removal of EVMs to save democracy in India along with establishing of elaborate administrative safeguards, procedures and security by the Election Commission of India to ensure that elections are transparent, free and fair.
EVM machine is a thief, Election Commission is the leader of thieves. -Mr. Waman Meshram (National President, Bharat Mukti Morcha)#LongMarchOnECI pic.twitter.com/hSmxjlLYi8
— #राष्ट्रीय_किसान_मोर्चा (@DHARMENDRARKM) January 25, 2024
As per Meshram, “EVM machine is a thief, Election Commission is the leader of thieves”. Meshram, who is also the national president of the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF), has also asked for the opposition parties and the INDIA alliance to also be a part of his agitation against EVMs.
Hashtags of EVM hatao desh bachao (remove EVM to save our nation) can be seen trending on X (formerly Twitter) with lakhs of retweets and posts in support of this protest.
The pictures and videos from on-ground are as follows:
Jantar Mantar Ground New Delhi.
Protest March On Election Commission of India. Leadership: Hon. Waman Meshram (National President Bharat Mukti Morcha)#चुनाव_आयोग_पर_महामोर्चा pic.twitter.com/rWItwESU2R— MSS (@Manojs0504) January 31, 2024
आज दिल्ली में evm के विरोध में भारत मुक्ति मोर्चा के बैनर तले व तमाम बहुजन संगठनों द्वारा चुनाव आयोग का गहराव किया जा रहा है।
मिडिया कांह छुप गया?@1stIndiaNews@news24tvchannel@nayak1news#चुनाव_आयोग_पर_महामोर्चा pic.twitter.com/gCVaGESh15— Panchraj vanal (@Panchrajvanal) January 31, 2024
#चुनाव_आयोग_पर_महामोर्चा#BAN_EVM#SAVE_DEMOCRACY
I SUPPORT #BharatMuktiMorcha pic.twitter.com/cmNToiq7Ka
— Prasad Wahule (@vahule3) January 31, 2024
Scenes from Delhi
Crowds of people took to the streets at Jantar Mantar, protest is being organized by Bharat Mukti Morcha, demonstration is being organized to remove #EVM #Delhi#EVM_हटाओ_लोकतंत्र_बचाओ #IndiaAgainstEvm #BanEVM_Save_India #SupportMahaRally_AgainstEVM… pic.twitter.com/MLu5ULG6lu
— Sebastian (@Sebastian_IYC) January 31, 2024
A video of a speech being delivered by Rajendra Pal Gautam, the ex-cabinet minister of NCT Delhi, can also be seen going viral on social media. In his speech, Gautam can be heard saying “How are leaders from the Modi government so confident regarding their seats in elections? This time they are saying that they will get 400 plus seats. They have this much confidence as these EVMs are made by Bharat Electronic Ltd. Out of the seven directors heading this company, four are leaders of BJP. The micro-controller chip used in EVMs are fixed by these BJP leaders which ensures that our votes go to BJP. They are fixing votes, they are stealing our votes. But we, the followers of Ambedkar, will not let our right to vote be stolen like this. We got this right after facing many difficulties.”
The full video of the speech can be viewed here:
नई दिल्ली LIVE:
EVM के खिलाफ महामोर्चा
जंतर मंतर 🔥#चुनाव_आयोग_पर_महामोर्चाINDIA SUPPORT #BharatMuktiMorcha
— Gurjar (@PratiharSurendr) January 31, 2024
Sharad Pawar, the founder and chief of Nationalist Congress Party, was also a part of the said grand protest in Delhi.
National President of Rashtravadi supports Mahamorcha at Central
Congress Party Hon. Sharad Pawar Ji
Election Office through Bharat Mukti
Morcha #BanEVM#चुनाव_आयोग_पर_महामोर्चा #BalletPaper#BanEVM_SaveDemocracy #Bmm pic.twitter.com/0tSBvDdD0P
— The.Warrior_Monu (@MonuTurakne) January 31, 2024
BIG BREAKING:
नई दिल्ली जंतर मंतरराष्ट्रवादी कांग्रेस के सांसद मा. शरद पवार और भारत मुक्ति मोर्चा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष मा. वामन मेश्राम जी का सम्बोधन!#SharadPawar #WamanMeshram
— Gurjar (@PratiharSurendr) January 31, 2024
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