Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra PradhanMonday suspected that the final results of the Zilla Parishad member elections scheduled to be officially announced by the State Election Commission (SEC) onFebruary 25 might be tampered with.
Pradhan alleged that a section of senior bureaucrats are conspiring to tamper with some poll results that have gone in the BJP’s favour as per media reports.
“After the fifth and final phase poll (on Tuesday), I suspect that the poll results may be tampered with. Some senior bureaucrats have been working on it,” alleged Pradhan.
He said, “We have reiterated our concern to the State Election Commission that some senior bureaucrats are conspiring to tamper with the poll results. We hope the commission will intervene and take action accordingly.”
Pradhan also expressed his gratitude to the people of Odisha for their unprecedented support to the BJP, which is now closely chasing the BJD in term of electoral success.
In fact, the BJP has dealt a severe blow to the BJD by wresting a large number of ZP seats from the ruling party. With the last phase of the polls left, the BJP has already won at least more than 250 ZP seats unofficially and is all set to form eight ZP councils while it had no ZP in its kitty after the 2012 elections.