YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy supports Congress's claims of EVM rigging, advocating for a return to paper ballots to ensure election transparency. Referring to the unexpected Haryana assembly election results, Reddy draws parallels with Andhra Pradesh, calling for confidence in democratic processes by adopting the paper ballot used in developed countries. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the Congress has been made to lose but it "has not lost".