Panaji, Oct. 10 -- Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant took a dig at the Opposition over the Cockroach Janta Party-led protest in Delhi, alleging that political parties were using young people to target independent constitutional institutions and claiming that they had lost elections due to electronic voting machines (EVMs).

Defending the Election Commission, Sawant said it was an independent institution and that the electoral process, including the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, was conducted in accordance with the Constitution.

Sawant told ANI, "The Election Commission is an independent institution... the electoral process is conducted in accordance with the Constitution, and the SIR was carried out based on that sa...