New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- After the BJP won big in the recent MLC elections, BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Thursday claimed that Congress faces electoral defeats regardless of votes cast by EVMs or ballot papers.

Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Thakur said that after every electoral defeat, Congress finds either the EVMs or the Election Commission to blame.

The BJP leader said, "The Congress faced a crushing defeat in the MLC elections. Through the use of ballot papers, the people of the country have clearly demonstrated that they have rejected the Congress and the opposition. Even in our home state of Himachal Pradesh, the Congress suffered a massive defeat in the local body and Panchayati Raj elections."

"Whether the voting was conducted via E...