Days after the Maha Vikas Aghadi took a severe drubbing in the Maharashtra elections, the Congress ecosystem has left no stone unturned to falsely accuse the BJP-led-Mahayuti of tampering the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
As part of their latest strategy, Congress-friendly activists, ‘journalists’ and YouTubers are sharing the video of a man who is seen making wild claims about fixing EVMs.
In the video, a ‘fraudster’ identified as Syed Shuja is heard saying that he could manipulate election results in 281 out of 288 seats in the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections.
महाराष्ट्र में हैक हुई EVM ? 53 करोड़ प्रति सीट तय हुई डील.. ?
— Shaikh Javed (@ShaikhSahab__) November 29, 2024
Maharashtra : EVM हैक करने का एक स्टिंग ऑपरेशन सामने आया है जिसमे हैक्कर ने किया बड़ा दावा…!
देखिये प्रज्ञा मिश्रा जी की रिपोर्ट । pic.twitter.com/Xm8zim4vQY
Shuja alleged that he could control Electronic Voting Machines through ‘frequency isolation’ despite the fact that EVMs cannot communicate wirelessly.
He also claimed to pre-program EVMs to favour one political party and control the voting machines through ‘specific apps’ for a price of ₹52-53 crores.
The video, which is now being shared by the Congress ecosystem as ’empirical evidence’ of EVM tampering in Maharashtra elections, was originally shared by ‘Mumbai Tak’ from their X handle on 15th November this year.
निवडणुकीआधी सर्वात मोठं स्टिंग ऑपरेशन,EVM हॅकिंगबाबत मोठा खुलासा#MaharashtraAssemblyElection #EVM #VidhanSabha pic.twitter.com/j8x9bP4PoC
— Mumbai Tak (@mumbaitak) November 15, 2024
The India Today group had conducted a sting operation wherein journalists posing as political leader approached Syed Shuja to learn how to ‘manipulate EVMs.’
Despite mouthing platitudes during the interaction, he could not provide any proof of controlling EVMs externally.
Syed Shuja is no ordinary fraudster. He claims to be a ‘cyber expert’ who worked with the Electronic Corporation of India Limited between 2009 and 2014 on the development of EVMs.
This is not even funny-the alleged hacker Syed Shuja is a close confidante & henchman of @sampitroda & @KapilSibal
— Sameer (@BesuraTaansane) December 1, 2024
And this 🤡 @PragyaLive wants us to believe BJP approached him to EVMs?
Agencies should put out a lookout notice for this criminal & book this Pragya for not… pic.twitter.com/gzwwv3Rakh
The lie was debunked by the Election Commission in 2019.
In fact, the nodal election body had even directed the Delhi Police to lodge a case against him for peddling conspiracy theories and undermining the trust of the Indian electorate on the voting machines.
Syed Shuja claims to have a PHD in Mathematics and a BTech degree in Computer science despite no such records of his educational background.
The Foreign Press Association strongly disassociates itself with any claims made by the speaker Syed Shuja during the #IJA event in London yesterday. Not one of the masked speaker’s accusations have so far been corroborated.
— Foreign Press Association in London (@FPALondon) January 22, 2019
He first rose to prominence in January 2019 after claiming that the 2014 elections were ‘rigged’. He addressed a press conference in London via Skype and alleged that the EVMs were susceptible to hacking.
The fraudster made a series of outlandish claims about ‘rigged elections’ in India. Interestingly, the event was attended by the then Congress leader Kapil Sibal.
Syed Shuja had then suggested that the elections in which BJP won were rigged while those won by the Congress were fair.
As expected, he resorted to evasive answers and paranoia when protruding questions were asked of him to corroborate his claims.
Syed Shuja was seen alongside Kapil Sibal and Sam Pitroda in one picture and is said to have strong connections within the Congress party.
