Kejriwal Wants Ballot Boxes In MCD Polls. EC Says EVMs Will Be Used. Kejriwal Gets Trolled
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party (AAP) must be disheartened owing to their flop performances in the recently concluded Assembly Elections.
Kejriwal who is known for blaming of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for anything and everything has once again started blame game but with a different reason this time.
Yes, he is now blaming the EVMs and also demanded that ballot boxes should be used in the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections which are to be held on April 22.
Kejriwal had directed Chief Secretary M.M. Kutty to ask the State Election Commission to hold MCD elections through ballot papers.
But the Election Commissioner S.K. Srivastava said that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) would be used.
If Kejriwal ji does not have faith in EVMs then let us have re polling on the 67 assembly seats he won-Manoj Tiwari,BJP pic.twitter.com/jWhrKSXQoE
— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2017
The parties that lost are raising EVM fraud issue. It started with BSP chief Mayawati, whose party got such a drumming in Uttar Pradesh that it might be staring at a political oblivion.
I have written to Election Commission in this regard, people no more have faith in EVM machines: Mayawati,BSP #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/3EkbRZHf8h
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
In response, the Election Commission told Mayawati,
“The poll panel has said that it has made repeated visit to Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and met the representatives of all parties, including your party. No one raised any objection with regard to functioning of EVMs at these meetings. The commission has thus not received any complaints during the entire process of installation in UP and Uttrakhand with regard to your allegation of grave manipulation of EVMs.”
Yet unable to digest their defeat, the parties are now suspecting the EVMs. Everyone from Congress leaders to AAP leaders are claiming that BJP won because of the EVMs.
However, these results once again gave a chance to Twitterati to troll the New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
See how Twitterati pointed out the hypocrisy of those claiming EVM fraud:
Fact-BJP won 17 seat out of 20 where EVM with VVPAT system was used.Dont spread rumor that BJP lost all such seats.Accept defeat and Move on
— Narendra nath mishra (@iamnarendranath) March 14, 2017
Last time @ArvindKejriwal suspected EVM tampering, was 6 days before EVMs delivered him 67 seats out of 70. Since then, silence. Till today. pic.twitter.com/9g75OIxPCN
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) March 14, 2017
When the election commission, which is an autonomous constitutional authority, has ruled out EVM tampering, should we not move on? Losers!
— Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) March 13, 2017
Kejriwal’s reaction after #Elections2017 results pic.twitter.com/tetYru1KqM
— The Viral Fever (@TheViralFever) March 11, 2017
.@ArvindKejriwal
Pic 1 : before election
Pic 2 : after election result #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/S9A7pQz56p— करणी सेना , राष्ट्रिय अध्यक्ष 🔫🔥🚩 (@king_ranjhna) March 11, 2017
Sad to hear Mayawati blaming EC and EVM for her defeat. Time to face the truth that the voters’ mood has changed.
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) March 11, 2017
Kejriwal Ji was elected Delhi CM by EVM. His CMship must be canceled and fresh Delhi election should happen using ballot paper.
— YOGESH JOSHI (@ykjoshi) March 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/D_Nyc_Guy/status/841560334292905984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
hahaha! 😂 pic.twitter.com/Jn3oMpedGC
— Varun Khandelwal (@MahiSensation) March 11, 2017
This point raised by Sanjay Nirupam of Congress party, however, is worth noting:
Some may suspect EVM,some may not.But EC must introduce Voting Verification Slips in EVM to clear all suspicions as per its affidavit to SC.
— Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) March 11, 2017
It won’t be wrong to say that after election results, Twitter has turned into a playground where someone or the other is playing with the emotions of Arvind Kejriwal, by either trolling him or making nasty remarks against him.
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