India, Oct. 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a dig at the Congress party for its dismal show in the MLC elections held across four States despite the use of paper ballots, a key demand of Opposition parties in their campaign against EVMs. Following Modi several BJP leaders and NDA partners taunted the Opposition, which has been demanding that all future elections be held using ballot papers and not the EVMs.

"MLC elections in 28 seats across 4 big States - Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka. Elections held using ballot papers. Guess how many seats Congress won?" Modi said in a social media post.

The Congress drew a blank in Karnataka while the BJP won five legislative council seats in Uttar Pradesh and t...