"We are making progress in a big way and this has caused jealously among some people...Opposition is terming the peoples' mandate as fault in the EVMs...there is a move to present ones own shortcomings and wrong policies as the fault of EVMs," Sharma told newspersons here.
He said that going by the claims of these critics, there was nothing wrong in the EVMs in the past 15 years when other parties formed governments.
He said that some people were making fun of all the works being undertaken by the government and presenting an inaccurate picture before the people as they were afraid of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
"I remember the statement of former J and K chief minister Omar Abdullah in which he had advised the Opposition parties to prepare for 2024 elections instead of 2019," Sharma said.
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Sharma also attacked Yadav's statement on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's recent visit to Noida saying that BJP does not believe in any jinx and the chief minister will repeatedly go to Noida.
During a press conference yesterday, Yadav had taken potshots at Adityanath over the 'Noida jinx'.
"The impact of Noida jinx was visible. I have seen in pictures that he (Yogi) could not flag off or press the button for starting metro services," Yadav said.
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