New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on the Congress party, rejecting allegations that electronic voting machines (EVMs) are behind the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) electoral dominance and dismissing the Opposition's 'SIR' narrative as a diversion from their own consistent failures.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital here, the Home Minister asserted that the recent local body elections, conducted entirely through ballot papers, have put the Opposition's recurring claims about technological manipulation to rest.

"To those who cite ballot machines as the reason for the results, I would like to point out that these elections were conducted using ballot papers; this...