Before he had his recent on-air brain implosion about the Congress, the psephologist turned politician Yogendra Yadav said presciently that India was not having a general election in 2019, but the illusion of a general election.
What we are seeing, he argued, was the most organised “vote capture” since Independence, in which a ruling party was brazenly using everything at its command—EC, money, muscle, media, etc—to retain power.
These tweets containing stunning visuals of how electronic voting machines (EVMs) are being played around with in the Hindi heartland—UP, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana—show a democracy in grave peril, and put the exit poll predictions for the BJP-led NDA in perspective.
Little wonder, Sakshi Maharaj, one of the leading louts of the sangh parivar, proudly declared that this was the last election India was going to see, without inviting even a rap on his knuckles.
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Pre-loaded EVM caught…
Murder of Democracy!
More than 300 EVM caught by the locals stored inside a shop. pic.twitter.com/JcZPwc6maq— परवेज़ M (@VazeIndian) May 20, 2019
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Truck full of EVM machines at ghazipur. BJP trying to change EVM machines @ECISVEEP @thewire_in @ndtv @ravishndtv @abhisar_sharma @RahulGandhi @ahmedpatel @yadavakhilesh @Mayawati pic.twitter.com/kAsM7aAopK
— Shabnam Hashmi (@ShabnamHashmi) May 20, 2019
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SHOCKING! Watch- 100s of EVMs driven into strong room in Fatehabad without any permission! @ArvindKejriwal @sanjayuvacha @PreetiSMenon @pbhushan1 @msisodia @ankitlal @dilipkpandey @shahid_siddiqui
— Main Hoon Na (@neo_pac) May 20, 2019
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A Thread on#ModiKoLayegaToEVMhi 🤣
pic.twitter.com/9yYpcnNiOw— Gandhian स्वRAJ (@Polytikle) May 21, 2019
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#ModiKoLayegaToEVMhi 🤣
pic.twitter.com/bmFKaMSFZY— Gandhian स्वRAJ (@Polytikle) May 21, 2019
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This one is from Phagwara, near Jalandhar, Punjab
pic.twitter.com/69yfvetqk5— Ravi Nair (@t_d_h_nair) May 21, 2019
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मोदी,शाह,चुनाव आयोग की मिलीभगत की खुली पोल ।
मध्य प्रदेश के बीना बाजार में बिना नंबर की स्कूल गाड़ी और 3 बोलेरो जीप में सैकड़ों EVM मशीन पकड़े गये ।
कोई भी जिम्मेदार अधिकारी जवाब दे नही पा रहा है तभी तो मोदी शाह डंके की चोट कहते हैं कि सरकार हमारी ही बनेंगी pic.twitter.com/csSLzANPHe— Suhaib Akram 😎 #UST (@SuhaibBadshahhH) May 20, 2019
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Another EVM video. This one is from Haryana
pic.twitter.com/BZBLwKdJHT— Ravi Nair (@t_d_h_nair) May 21, 2019
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Another EVM video from UP (from Jhansi)
Officials claim these are reserve machines. But they have no answer why the movement of EVM was not informed to candidates.
And why reserve EVMs are transported in private vehicles a day after election?
pic.twitter.com/SLpRVw0ws7— Ravi Nair (@t_d_h_nair) May 21, 2019
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#ModiKoLayegaToEVMhi 🤣
pic.twitter.com/TbQ59AyZj4— Gandhian स्वRAJ (@Polytikle) May 21, 2019
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खुद सुने DM साहब किसके आदेश पर EVM को यहाँ से वहाँ कर रहे थे।
देश भर से ऐसी वीडियो आ रही है, कहाँ है चुनाव आयोग और कहाँ है main stream मीडिया ?#EVMHacking pic.twitter.com/Vnpbi1cXeD
— Sudhir Yadav (@SudhirRTI) May 21, 2019
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झांसी में गाड़ियों में भरी EVM मिलीं।
मंडी समिति में दोनों गाड़ियों को छोड़कर भागे कर्मचारी ।@ECISVEEP कोई जवाब ??? pic.twitter.com/hqQ9yxYfJa
— Vikas Yogi (@vikaskyogi) May 20, 2019