The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday termed it ‘unfortunate’ the Election Commission’s statement asking it to file an election petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court if it wanted to verify the votes cast in the Punjab Assembly polls with the paper trail data.
“It is unfortunate that instead of taking due action, the Election Commission is issuing political statements on the issue of EVM tampering... The incident (of Bhind) shook the faith of millions of Indian voters in the impartiality of the EC and the entire process of elections using EVMs,” AAP said in a statement.
This came in response to the EC’s letter in which the poll watchdog said “It was for the AAP to introspect as to why your party could not perform as per your expectations and it is unfair on your part to attribute unsatisfactory poll performance of your party to the alleged tamperability of EVMs.”
“Turning a blind eye to the shocking reports trickling in from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and now Madhya Pradesh would serve no purpose and would only erode the credibility of the EC,” it added.