Congress’ Ajay Maken demands fresh DUSU election after reports of faulty EVMs

The Congress leader also demanded that the voters in the DUSU elections must exercise their franchise by stamping the ballot paper instead of pressing the button.

Congress leader Ajay Maken on Friday demanded repolling for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) alleging that the elections were rigged after the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) stopped due to technical glitches.

Congress leader Ajay Maken addresses a press conference in New Delhi. (PTI File Photo)

The Congress leader also demanded that the voters in the elections must exercise their franchise by stamping the ballot paper instead of pressing the button.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Maken said: “Despite the EVMs being functional, voting got suspended. Till the sixth round, National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) was neck and neck with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The major question that I want to raise is that whenever an EVM stops working and is repaired, the result always comes in favour of the ABVP. How is it possible?”

Maken also claimed that the EVMs used in the elections were not supplied by the Election Commission (EC) of India. “Yesterday, the EC issued a letter that they have not issued any EVMs to the University for polling. Not only that, the Delhi University also didn’t issue any letter clarifying from where they got the EVMs,” he said.

Ankiv Basoya was elected as the new president of DUSU while Shakti Singh and Jyoti Choudhary were elected as the vice president and joint secretary, respectively. NSUI’s Akash Choudhary bagged the position of secretary.