New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey took a swipe at the Congress and opposition parties over their persistent criticism of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), sharing historical documents from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) dating back to 1972, which accused the Congress of orchestrating widespread rigging and booth capturing under the paper ballot system in West Bengal.

The BJP parliamentarian cited the archival Left pamphlet to call out what he described as the opposition's "hypocrisy" in advocating for a return to ballot papers.

Taking to X, Dubey wrote: "See the March 1972 proposal of CPIM, which called for holding elections on ballot paper. Congress looted the booths, turned off the lights, ...