New Delhi: Three days after Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati raised allegations of widespread fraud in electronic voting machines (EVMs), Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has jumped into the debate. Kejriwal on Tuesday directed Delhi Chief Secretary MM Kutty to write to the Election Commission, asking it to ensure that the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election is held via a paper ballot instead of EVMs.
Kejriwal’s decision to direct the Chief Secretary comes a day after Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief Ajay Maken had urged him to go for paper ballots. "Not prejudiced-nor casting aspersions on results, I want Arvind Kejriwal to hold MCD elections through Ballot papers," Maken said. Also Read | Delhi MCD Polls on April 22; Kejriwal's Demand For Ballot Paper Rejected
The elections to the three municipal corporations of Delhi are scheduled to be held in April.
After a severe drubbing at the polls, Mayawati had questioned the election verdict that gave a thumping majority to the BJP. “People’s trust in EVM voting is broken. The BJP has tampered with the EVMs in Uttar Pradesh. I have written to Election Commission in this regard, people no more have faith in EVM machines. It’s is an attack on democracy. Whatever reports I am getting my sources, in many areas where people have not even voted to for BJP, the party is emerging as winner,” she had said.
Comments
0 comment