Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam today said the BJP’s victory in Gujarat was not because of the people in the state but because of EVMs.

He also termed electronic voting machines a “big threat to Indian democracy”.

“When the entire Gujarat was against the BJP and empty chairs could be seen during the prime minister’s poll rallies, this victory for the BJP is not by the people of Gujarat but by the EVMs.

“We suspected this right from the beginning. All beware, this is a big threat to Indian democracy,” the president of the Mumbai unit of the Congress said in a tweet.