"A company in Ahmedabad has prepared to hack the source code of 5000 EVMs through 140 engineers," alleged Patel in a tweet on Saturday night.
According to experts: "The verdict of the Himachal (Pradesh) and Gujarat state elections will be the key trigger for the market next week."
Not one, but two, party allies have come forward and claimed that their assessment says that BJP will not be able to retain power in Gujarat.
On Friday, Chief Electoral Officer BB Swain ordered re-polling in Chhaniyan-1 and Chhaniyan-2 polling stations of Vadgam constituency, booth no. 27 of Viramgam constituency, Nava Naroda booth of Daskroi constituency and Nhara-1 and Sakard
"The BJP has already accepted defeat -- that is why half of the government is out working in the elections," Patel claimed.
Esclating an unprecedented tussle between PM Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh, BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday questioned former PM's advice over words, when he kept mum through worst comments by Congress.
Taking exception to the interview, Union Minister Piyush Goyal has urged the Election Commission to take action against code of conduction violation.
The prime minister today flew to the Dharoi dam from the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad in a sea-plane, on the way to the Ambaji temple in Banaskantha district.
The second and final phase of elections, for which the open campaigning ended at 5 pm, will see 93 assembly seats spread across 14 districts in north and central Gujarat going to polls.
"Congress has lost in the first round. They have now taken to excuses. Their leaders and cheerleaders are blaming EVMs, including saying they are hacked using using Bluetooth," Modi said while addressing a public rally.
Rahul Gandhi's remark came in the wake of Modi's accusation that a group of Congress leaders met Pakistan's High Commissioner at party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's residence in New Delhi, before the latter called him (Modi) "neech".
Adityanath, who is on a campaign trail in poll-bound Gujarat, claimed that Congress deliberately planted Kapil Sibal in Supreme Court to disrupt resolution to Ram Mandir matter.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarted day of campaigning for phase 2 of Gujarat Assembly elections by attacking Congress at a poll rally in Mehsana district's Lunavada.
Bambhania said he could not understand why Patel was supporting the Congress party, despite it not clarifying how it would give reservation to the Patidar community if voted to power.
The EC is also deploying for the first time the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in all the 50,128 polling stations in the state to "inject greater transparency and credibility" to the voting process.
Gandhi, who had alleged that the ruling party's developmental agenda was amiss earlier in the day, claimed that the BJP Sankalp Patra 2017 was hastily put together to silence the opposition.
After Mani Shankar Aiyar debacle, PM Modi has now challenged Rahul Gandhi to fire Kapil Sibal for delaying Ayodhya case.
Out of 822 candidates analysed, 101 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. As many as 64 candidates have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women, etc
2.12 crore people of Gujarat will vote 89 legislators to assembly tomorrow. Voters are advised to check their name in voter list before heading to polling booth.
In his 10th question as part of a Congress strategy of putting one question daily to Modi ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, Gandhi questioned the BJP about alleged grabbed land of Adivasis
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