Mayawati calls for fresh elections in Uttar Pradesh

by Guest Sun Mar 12, 2017 1:42 am

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati dismissed the Uttar Pradesh assembly election results on Saturday afternoon and called for fresh polls, hours after trends and results indicated a crushing victory for her outfit in India’s largest state.

Speaking to reporters, Mayawati accused the BJP – which appeared on course for a two-thirds majority in the 403-member assembly – of murdering democracy and said tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) was responsible for her party’s poor showing.

“Either the EVMs did not accept votes other than BJP, or the votes of other parties have gone to BJP in the EVMs,” news agency ANI quoted the Dalit leader as saying.

“Polling should be held afresh under the old system in which voters were given ballot papers to cast their vote. Even in USA ballot papers are used in elections after technical fault was detected in EVMs,” she said.

She said she had written to the election commission to cancel the election results. The BSP – which was attempting to forge a Dalit-Muslim alliance – was pushed to a dismal third position, leading in just 20-odd seats.

“The EVMs should be sealed and examined by technical experts from a foreign country or else BJP will manage local experts. The use of EVMs should be stopped in future Lok Sabha, assembly and local bodies’ election also, else the ruling party will manipulate the results,” she said.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/mayawati-calls-for-fresh-up-elections-alleges-evm-tampering-led-to-poor-bsp-showing/story-OvSrE9xkSuv6jFqE1nDaeJ.html

by Guest Sun Mar 12, 2017 1:44 am

RJD President Lalu Prasad on Saturday supported BSP chief Mayawati’s allegations that EVMs were tampered in Uttar Pradesh polls and demanded a probe by the Election Commission. “What Mayawatiji is saying should definitely be probed by the Election Commission,” Prasad told reporters.

“It’s known that Gujarat is the hub of EVM manufacturing, hence tampering of EVMs cannot be ruled out. We had complained to the EC about this in the past and also held demonstrations on the issue. The EC had assured that mock polls would be conducted in every booth before the actual polling in which representatives of all parties could check whether the EVMs were working properly or not,” the RJD chief said in support of demand for probe.

http://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/lalu-prasad-supports-mayawatis-allegation-of-evm-tampering-in-up-4565756/

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Akhilesh supported the allegation by Mayawati that the voting machines had been tampered with. "An inquiry should be done," he said.

Azam Khan, the Samajwadis' "Muslim face", broke down at a meeting at his office in Rampur this evening. "It seems that each electronic voting machine already contained votes for the BJP before it was taken to the polling booths," he said.

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Mayawati calls for fresh elections in Uttar Pradesh

Mayawati calls for fresh elections in Uttar Pradesh

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