The Congress on Thursday (October 29, 2026) hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his taunt at the Opposition party’s showing in the MLC elections, saying he must stop trolling and sermonising others and instead reflect on why the BJP lost both seats in his own Parliamentary Constituency of Varanasi.
The Congress on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) had hit back at Prime Minister Modi over his taunt, saying that if the PM is so confident that EVMs have no bearing on election results, he should prove his confidence in the BJP’s electoral prowess through action, not rhetoric. The BJP and its NDA allies won 16 of the 28 seats in the Legislative Council elections held across four States, as the Congress won one, while the Samajwadi Party emerged winner in five seats in Uttar Pradesh, including two in Varanasi. Before counting Congress’s seats, I wish he’d also reflect on why the BJP lost both seats in his own parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, and how Congress managed to defeat the BJP in RSS’s stronghold of Nagpur?
“The Prime Minister needs to introspect, but instead, he’s sermonising others! Mr. The Opposition party’s assertion came after Prime Minister Modi taunted the Congress for its dismal show in the MLC elections despite the use of paper ballots, a key demand of Opposition parties in their campaign against EVMs.
Ramesh said in his post in Hindi on X. The Congress said if the PM believes that EVMs have no bearing on the election results then he should commit to conducting all Lok Sabha and upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections by ballot paper, going forward.
