NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced the date for the Delhi assembly elections at the press meet convened. The polling will be in single phase on February 5 and the results will be announced on February 8.
The term of the seventh Delhi Legislative Assembly ends on February 15. The Aam Aadmi Party (AA) is gearing up for a third consecutive term in power. The rivals BJP and Congress have to increase their competitiveness.
The Election Commissioner said allegations of EVM tampering have hurt the commission. Such allegations have slowed down the pace of counting of votes. The right to question is not the right to baseless propaganda. Addition and exclusion of voters is as per rules. Political parties are involved in every stage of preparing the list.
The voting machine cannot be sabotaged or hacked. EVMs are checked before and after polling. The allegations of EVM tampering are baseless. The commission has answers for all the complaints and allegations. No one is excluded from the electoral roll without giving an opportunity to reply.