AAP EVM Fears Kick Up Storm On Results Eve

Poll Aftermath Day after polling, Delhi’s ruling party alleges efforts made to tamper with voting machines, EC rebuts charges

- Gulam Jeelani

It all started when senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh tweeted two videos and alleged that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), used for Saturday’s polling in Delhi, were being taken away for tampering. Some other party leaders made similar claims.

“Do the forces not go along with EVMs? This official was caught with an EVM by people at Saraswati Vidya Niketan School in the Babarpur Assembly constituency,” he said.

Singh said EVMs, which should be taken directly to strong rooms after being sealed, were still with some officers. He said a similar incident had been reported from Vishwas Nagar constituency too.

“The EC should also probe where these EVMs are being taken. There are no counting centres nearby,” he said.

Later in the day, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal himself wrote on Twitter: “Absolutely shocking. What is EC [Election Commission] doing? Why are they not releasing poll turnout figures, several hours after polling?”

AAP leaders went on to claim that something was cooking and a secret game was being played as exit polls have predicted a landslide victory for the party.