The Congress cried EVM tampering after the electoral defeat in Maharashtra and the setback in Haryana , and recommended a return to paper ballots. Within the aftermath of the Maharashtra debacle, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge additional urged occasion MP and LoP in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi , to launch a marketing campaign in opposition to EVMs and proposed the usage of paper ballots in elections. Kharge had mentioned the “votes of marginalised communities like SCs, SPs, and OBCs have been being disregarded on account of EVMs”.