Uproar over burqa : Voting for all 70 seats for the Delhi Assembly elections 2025 is starting at 7 am on Wednesday. At the same time, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP have levelled serious allegations against each other.
BJP candidate from Seelampur Anil Gaur has accused Muslim women of wearing burqas and casting fake votes. However, the Election Commission has termed the allegations of the BJP leader as baseless.
Police are preventing people from casting votes
Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Greater Kailash seat Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that the Delhi Police was trying to prevent people from casting votes at a polling booth in Chirag Delhi. Why are barricades put up here? Which senior officer of Delhi Police has asked them to put up barricades?
“The AAP leader further said, “”All this is being done to annoy the poor villagers.” Malviya Nagar ACP and SHO are doing all this openly, wherever your stronghold is. The SHO also raided our private premises last night. There are a large number of voters here. Police are doing this at all 17-18 polling stations in Delhi’s Chirag. People can neither come from the metro nor from the roads to cast their votes. Did Virendra Sachdeva or President Murmu get down from the car 200 metres away from the polling station? There is no guideline…”
What did the police say on the leader’s allegation?
Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Greater Kailash seat Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that the Delhi Police was trying to prevent people from casting votes at a polling booth in Chirag Delhi. Why are barricades put up here? Which senior officer of Delhi Police has asked them to put up barricades?
On the AAP leader’s allegation, South Delhi DCP Ankit Chauhan said that the Election Commission has a guideline to stop vehicles at 200 distance from the polling booth. There is an exception for the elderly and walkers. They are allowed to bring their car inside. This rule is being implemented everywhere. We will investigate the places for which he (Saurabh Bhardwaj) has expressed concern.
2.59% increase in the number of voters in four hours
In the first four hours of the Delhi elections, there has been a decrease of 1.74 percent in turnout compared to the previous Lok Sabha elections, but the speed of voting is faster than the previous assembly elections. As of 11 a.m., 2.59 per cent more voter turnout had been recorded than in the previous assembly elections.