Election Results 2017: Mayawati alleges EVM tampering, asks EC for UP repoll

Mayawati asked for annulling of the UP assembly polls,

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Mayawati

Archis Mohan

Last Updated : Mar 11 2017 | 2:10 PM IST

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said the secret to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s victory in Uttar Pradesh was because the Electronic Voting Machines, or EVMs, have been tampered with. Mayawati’s BSP has performed abysmally in the assembly elections. At the time of filing of this report at 2pm, the BSP was leading in a mere 16 of the 403 seats. This was despite getting a respectable vote share of 22 per cent.

At a press conference in Lucknow, Mayawati called for a return to the old system of ballot papers. She said her suspicion is confirmed by the

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