Even after the Delhi polls are over, the Bhartiya Janata Party continues to slam AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal. In a recent development, BJP lawmaker Parvesh Verma on Sunday demanded to know if Kejriwal and his party had any faith in any institution of India.
Taking a jibe at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Verma took to Twitter and wrote: “Doubt armed forces, doubt Parliament, doubt Prime Minister, doubt judiciary, doubt CBI, doubt Lieutenant Governor and now Election Commission…Is there any institution in India you have faith in?”
Verma’s comments came after Kejriwal, questioned the integrity of the Election Commission of India for “delaying the announcement of Delhi’s final poll percentage”.
Kejriwal had tweeted, “Absolutely shocking. What is EC doing? Why are they not releasing poll turnout figures, several hours after polling?”.
However, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ranbir Singh, late on Sunday, announced that voter turnout in Delhi Assembly elections was 62.59 per cent.
“The voter turnout in Delhi was 62.59 per cent. It is about 2 per cent more than the last year’s Lok Sabha elections. It is, however, less than the turnout in the last Assembly polls held in 2015,” the CEO said at a press conference here.
Meanwhile, another BJP leader di not refrained from making comments over the issue. Party candidate from Model Town Kapil Mishra seemed highly confident about his and his party’s win in the Delhi Election 2020. Mishra said that AAP’s attack on Election Commission over delay in release of polling data shows that on 11 February, BJP will win.
He also added that surveys and exit polls have been wrong in the past and they will be wrong again.
Voting was held for all 70 of Delhi’s Assembly seats on Saturday, with nearly 2,700 polling stations and 13,000 booths set up across Delhi opening at 8 am.