US President Donald Trump praises India's election system while using it to strengthen his push for the SAVE America Act, which seeks proof of citizenship and voter ID requirements for US federal elections. Trump cites India's voter identification system and recalls a conversation involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The comments trigger a political response in India, with Congress leader Pawan Khera hitting back and sarcastically bringing Gyanesh Kumar and EVMs into the debate.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on April 27 slammed Congress over politicization of Electronic Voting Machines. Slamming Congress, UP CM said that the people who are rejecting EVMs today are the same people who used to loot ballots. Speaking to ANI, he said, “Whenever Congress, Samajwadi Party, or any other party associated with the INDI alliance is losing elections, they make every effort to blame the defeat on EVMs. This is not the first time; we have been hearing this continuously since 2014. We want to ask these people that the Congress government formed in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka last year, whether it was formed based on ballot paper? In 2009, the UPA government was formed at the Centre, was it made of ballot paper? In 2004, the UPA government was formed in the country, and in 2018, the Congress government was formed in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, the AAP government was formed in Delhi, was it made of ballot paper?”