The Chordiha residents firmly believe that the BJP won’t be able to win over 400 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls unlike the claim of ‘400-paar (over 400 seats)’ made by Modi and the other BJP leaders.
By Nalin Verma
Chordiha (Uttar Pradesh): India will come to know about the victors and the vanquished in the general elections on June 4, 2024. However, the residents of Chordiha, the largest village of the Dalits under the Salempur parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh, have uncovered the “secret” behind the strength of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). They are deciphering the “mechanism” to counter it.
“The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are the secret of Modi’s [Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s] success. If we are given ballot papers to cast our votes, the game will change,” said Shriramniwas Prasad, a resident of Chordiha village. He was playing cards along with his fellow villagers near an under construction house at the eastern edge of the village.
When asked how do they know that the EVMs are manipulated, Manoj Ram said, “Visit our booths on the polling day. You won’t find any of us voting for the BJP. But it will be a totally opposite result.”
They further underline that complaining to the electoral officials won’t be of much help. “Sab uskaa aadmi hai (all are BJP men),” said Sitaram, without mincing words in between inspecting his playing cards.
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