Gurdaspur, February 19
After the Congress hit the bullseye by bagging 29 of the 29 MC wards at stake, Gurdaspur SAD president and former MLA Gurbachan Singh Babbehali claimed that “seals of a majority of the EVMs were tampered with by the henchmen of ruling party MLA Barindermeet Singh Pahra”.
He also blamed the local police for being hand in glove with Congress leaders. “There was an unholy nexus between the police and the legislator’s cohorts which subsequently resulted in sabotaging the chances of Akali candidates,” Babbehali said.
Pahra refuted the allegations and said, “Ever since Babbehali lost the poll to me in 2017, he has developed a knack of saying the right words at all the wrong places and the wrong words at all the right places.” Babbehali said he had given nearly 400 plots to poor people in a particular ward during his tenure as MLA from 2007 till 2017.
“Despite doling out so much to the voters, my party got just 45 votes in that particular ward,” he said. Pahra retorted, “This clearly proves that a majority of these plots were given to outsiders.” — TNS
Akalis: EVMs tampered with in Gurdaspur
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