Congress MP Manickam Tagore has hit back at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah after the latter slammed the grand old party's flip-flop on electronic voting machines (EVMs). In an explosive interview with PTI,

The debate over the reliability (or non-reliability) of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) has reemerged with Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah raising the issue thereby bringing to the fore the disagreement within the leaders of the INDIA bloc over the issue.

Senior Congress parliamentarian Manickam Tagore posted on X and called out the change in Abdullah's tone after becoming the CM.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore asked the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister to check his facts after Omar Abdullah questioning the Congress's stance on EVMs.

Opening another point of friction with an important ally, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has dismissed the Congress party's vehement objection to Electronic Voting Machines, and echoed the BJP's defence -- you can't accept election results when you win,

Jammu and Kashmir CM defends EVMs, criticizes Congress for opposing only when results are unfavorable, calls for consistency.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah's dismissal of Congress's allegations of tampering with EVMs and his assertions that he has never blamed the machines .

JKNC leader and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah dismissed the ally Congress party's objection to EVM and stated that electoral machines remain the same regardless of the election outcome.

Abdullah pointed out the inconsistency in Congress’s approach and mentioned that the parties cannot celebrate the win when EVMs favour them and blame the same machines for their loss.