NEW DELHI: On Monday, Finance Minster Arun Jaitley took his social media account to lashed out at Congress and rubbished all allegations of EVM hacking. “After Rafale, the non-existent loan waiver to 15 industrialists – the next big lie – EVM hacking,”

As per report, Jaitley's comments come in the backdrop of an Indian cyber expert, who is seeking political asylum in the US, claiming that the 2014 general election was "rigged" through EVMs, which are prone to hacking, 

“Was the Election Commission and Millions of Staffers involved in manufacturing, programming of EVMs and conduct of elections during the UPA Government in collusion with the BJP – absolutely rubbish. 

In his comments, Jaitley questioned that,  “Does the Congress feel that the people are so gullible that they will swallow any garbage? Insanity in the Congress party is increasingly becoming contagious,” .While, Jaitley, is currently in the US for a medical check-up relating to his kidney ailment, will return India to present the Interim Budget, scheduled for February 1. 

Earlier on Monday, the Election Commission of India clarified that the EVMs can’t be tampered with, asserting that the machines are manufactured following “rigorous standard operating procedures.” The poll body also took a tough note of London-based event that demonstrated how EVMs used in India could be tampered with, terming it a “motivated slugfest”.

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the election commission in a statement said that ,“It has come to notice that an event, claiming to demonstrate EVMs used by ECI can be tampered with, has been organised in London. The ECI has been wary of becoming a party to this motivated slugfest and stands by empirical facts about fool-proof nature of ECI EVMs,” further state that, “It is being separately examined as to what legal action can and should be taken in the matter.”

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The Bharatiya Janata Party also lashed out at the Congress party over senior party leader Kapil Sibal attending the event in London.