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The Congress responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's taunt regarding the party failing to win any seats in the recent MLC elections conducted via ballot voting. Reacting to the remarks, the Congress challenged the Prime Minister to prove through action rather than rhetoric that electronic voting machines do not impact election outcomes. The party demanded a commitment to conduct all future Lok Sabha and state assembly elections exclusively using ballot paper. Additionally, the Congress called for the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision process, the termination of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and the repeal of legislation granting him lifelong legal immunity.

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00:00Let's get you a news break coming in right now.
00:02The Congress has responded to Prime Minister Modi's taunt on ballot voting
00:07and the fact that the Congress hasn't managed to win any of the seats in the MLC election.
00:13Congress has said if Narendra Modi is so confident that EVMs have no bearing on election results,
00:18let him prove his confidence through action, not rhetoric.
00:22What are they saying?
00:23They're saying go ahead and commit to conducting more Lok Sabha and state elections
00:27by ballot paper only going forward.
00:30They're also saying suspend SIR then, terminate Gyanesh,
00:34repeal the law that gives lifelong immunity to Gyanesh Kumar.
00:37These are the demands they've put forth.
00:40This is the response after Prime Minister Modi highlighted that the Congress's basic demand has been
00:44don't use EVMs, use only ballot paper voting.
00:48And the fact that the Congress didn't open the account despite that,
00:52the Prime Minister has mentioned that to say guess how many seats Congress has won.
00:56The Congress has responded saying first, act on this, we don't want retro.

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