Bengaluru, Jan. 22 -- BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Wednesday alleged that the Congress party is using the decision to conduct the Bengaluru civic polls on ballot papers instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as a way to protect the family.

He said, "Once again, the 'Bahana Brigade' has found an excuse to protect the Parivar. They are now claiming that the BBMP elections will be held using ballot papers instead of EVMs. Whether the election is conducted by ballot or by EVM, the result will be the same-the Congress party will lose."Poonawala further pointed to what he described as Congress's inconsistency, noting that the party had originally introduced EVMs in Karnataka's local body elections and later implemented them nation...