Claim: Former Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti admitted the EVM hacking at the behest of PM Narendra Modi during his tenure.
Fact-check: Former CEC Achal Kumar Jyoti did not admit to EVM hacking on orders from PM Modi during his tenure - FACTLY
Verdict: achal kumar jyoti had never acknowledged the tampering of evms during and after his tenure as the chief election commissioner of india. in 2017, when questions were raised about the evm hacking during gujarat elections, achal kumar jyoti assured to media and the public that no evms were tampered during the 2017 gujarat elections. achal kumar jyoti had never been the chairman of the electronic corporation of india limited  and bharat electronics limited  firms that manufacture electronic voting machines in india. earlier, when a similar message was attributed to former cec t. s. krishnamurthy, the election commission of india and pib issued a press note clarifying it as a fake message. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2022-10-12T12:57:45