Oppn carrying out disinformation campaign against govt: Naidu

Opposition parties have launched a disinformation campaign, including questioning the reliability of EVMs, because they are unable to digest defeat in elections, the government said on Wednesday.

Referring to the Opposition petition to the President on Wednesday, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that after its defeat in polls, the opposition parties have started a disinformation campaign against the government. He said the obstructionist attitude of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha based on its numerical superiority has led to the disillusionment of the people towards the upper house.

"They will have to explain their attitude in the Rajya Sabha to the people," he told reporters outside the Prime Minister's residence where a cabinet meeting is on. He slammed the opposition parties for obstructing laws and making "baseless" allegations in the upper house.