A day after the BJP’s massive victory in UP local polls, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav have alleged that the ruling party’s win was a result of “rigged” electronic voting machines or EVMs and dared the BJP to conduct voting on ballot papers.
“If the BJP is honest and believes in democracy then discard EVMs and conduct voting on ballot papers. General Elections are due in 2019, if the BJP believes people are with them, they must implement it.
I can guarantee if ballot papers are used, BJP won’t come to power,” Ms Mayawati said this morning in Lucknow.
The BSP was referring to analysis of the BJP’s win, where some have suggested that while theBJP has performed in Urban areas where EVMs were used for voting, it has not been very successful in small towns of UP where paper ballots were used – Independents have again done very well, as they did in the previous 2012 urban body elections.
