Fearing poll sabotage, AAP complains to EC
New Delhi, February 1 The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday asked the Election Commission to direct the police chief and other agencies to take appropriate measures to prevent unrest and violence “planned by certain political parties” in the city to sabotage the Delhi elections.
In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, the AAP said it had come to know through its sources that certain “anti-social elements in connivance with certain political parties” were planning to create unrest and violence on Sunday to subvert law and order in Delhi and impede the conduct of free and fair elections.
“We have attached a video wherein a group can be seen giving a call to assemble near Sarita Vihar in large numbers. We have attached the picture of one such hoarding being put in some parts of Delhi,” the letter said.
“In the light of these, we apprehend that this may be a well-planned conspiracy to sabotage the Delhi legislative Assembly elections,” it said.
The AAP urged the EC to act immediately and direct the Commissioner of Police and other agencies to investigate and take appropriate measures to pre-empt any such criminal act.
The party claimed that the BJP was planning a “big disturbance” on February 2 at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and Jamia Millia Islamia, where anti-CAA protests are underway and urged the Election Commission to take cognisance.
The elections in Delhi will be held on February 8 and the results will be declared on February 11. — PTI
