Delhi CM Kejriwal hit out at EC over alleged tempering of EVMs

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at the Election Commission over alleged tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), dubbing the poll panel as Dhritarashtra from the epic Mahabharat.

Striking a defiant note, Kejriwal said “tampered” EVMs will not deter the AAP from the electoral process. “We will fight the elections till the last breath. More and more people will come out to vote in MCD elections,” he said.

“The Election Commission is behaving like Dhritrashtra who is trying to help his son Duryodhan win the elections and bring him to power by hook or by crook,” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said. The comments came at press conference here where Kejriwal alleged that tampered EVMs were being brought from Rajasthan to manipulate the upcoming municipal elections in Delhi.

However, Kejriwal struck a balanced view on EVMs, acknowledging that EVMs used in the past did not have problems. “Delhi has machines which are post-2006 make and are fine. But machines are being brought from Rajasthan which are manipulated,” he said.