Last Updated: 20 Feb 2024

Day light Election Rigging attempts by BJP to steal election mandates

BJP does not win but STEALs elections, says Kejriwal on 20 Feb 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N6WgTDSI_g

¶ 1. Chandigarh Mayor Elections

Presiding Officer Anil Masih is a BJP Minority Cell member^[1]

20 Feb 2024: 3rd & Final hearing in Supreme Court^[1:1]

Supreme Court declared the AAP candidate as the winner

SC initiates Criminal Proceedings Against BJP's Presiding Officer for false Statement that Ballots were invalid

• The court used its power under Article 142 of the Constitution to do “complete justice” and protect the sanctity of electoral democracy^[2]
• The top court held that the presiding officer intentionally defaced 8 votes, that were for AAP candidate, to invalidate them
• SC refused to quash the entire election process and just got the re-counting done

19 Feb 2024: 2nd hearing in Supreme Court^[3]

“We are deeply concerned about the horse-trading which is taking place," said CJI DY Chandrachud^[4]

• BJP's poll officer Anil Masih had claimed that 8 ballot papers were already ‘defaced’, hence he had put a mark
• CJI directed that the ballot papers be presented in the court for examination

05 Feb 2024: 1st hearing in Supreme Court^[5]

"Murder of Democracy", says CJI, Supreme Court

CJI Chandrachud thrashing BJP's electoral malpractice and BJP's biggest lawyer SG seen defending it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLgx9rUoHHk

• "It is obvious he defaced the ballot papers. It is clearly visible in the video... he is looking into the camera and spoiling the ballot paper... Is this the way he conducts the elections? This is a mockery of democracy. This is a murder of democracy. This man should be prosecuted" - CJI (Supreme Court)

30 Jan 2024: Presiding Officer, Anil Masih Rigged votes on Camera^[5:1]

INDIA Alliance (AAP + Congress): 20, BJP: 16 => BJP WON. HOW?: Tampered Votes on Camera^[5:2]

Mr Masih, a nominated municipal councillor and active member of the Chandigarh BJP, is associated with the party's minority wing^[6]

Camera footage showing BJP's member defacing ballots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyLBUvvn_7E

• Mr Masih deliberately scribbled on eight votes cast by their councillor, thereby invalidating them, reducing the party candidate's tally, and allowing the BJP to win
• Mr Masih had even reached 45 minutes late, despite HC order to conduct elections at 10 am^[7]
• BJP president JP Nadda took to social media to congratulated the Chandigarh BJP unit on the win^[8]

24 Jan 2024: HC orders 30 Jan as election date^[9]

• AAP had challenged the decision of deferring elections as an attempt to do horse trading and intimidation of councillors against the settled principle of free and fair elections
• HC ordered election to be help on 30 Jan 2024 at 10 am

19 January 2024: Deferred election by 3 weeks^[10]

• BJP administration declares 06 Feb 2024 as Election Date

18 Jan 2024: Election Deferred as BJP office bearer as Presiding Officer reports ill^[11]

¶ 2. Delhi Mayor Elections

22 Feb 2023: 'Goons Lost' and AAP Mayor wins^[12]

-- Delhi finally got its Mayor, after 2.5 months of attempts to twist Election results

¶ BJP Tricks & Immorality before Elections

Delayed Elections to coincide with Gujarat to blunt AAP?^[13]

• Originally scheduled for April 2022, BJP delayed elections on the pretext of Unification of MCD
• MCD election was scheduled along with Gujarat Elections, purposely to hit AAP preparations

Anticipating AAP Win? Power taken away from Elected Govt^[14]

• Authorities pertaining to action against councillors or officials for loss or waste or misapplication of Municipal Fund or property, delimitation of wards and zones, salary and allowances etc. have been taken by Union government under the 2022 Bill
• The MCD commissioner has also been made accountable only to the Centre under the new bill
• Delegation of power related to establishment of the corporations, their constitution, nomination of members, reservation for the members of the Scheduled Castes, delimitation of wards, division of Delhi into zones and salary and allowances, among others removed from Delhi Govt authority
• In essence, the proposed law effectively takes the Delhi government out of the picture in terms of decision-making in the unified corporation

¶ Timeline: After Election BJP's Illegal Tricks & Immoral Means

Victory of Democracy: Supreme Court ordered on 17 Feb 2023 that Nominated members can not vote in the mayoral election^[15]

Illegally BJP's Presiding officer allows voting by Nominated Councellors(Aldermen) on 06 Feb 2023^[16]

24 Jan 2023^[17]: House Adjourned Sine din without Mayor Election after

• Oath administered to first remaining Nominated Councellors and then Elected Councellors in presence of Heavy Security

06 Jan 2023^[18]: BJP's Presiding officer decided that Nominated councellor will be administered the oath first over Elected councellors

• 4 Nominated councellors administered oath before adjournment

05 Jan 2023^[19]: BJP councellor nominated as Presiding officer

Delhi LG nominated BJP councellor as Presiding officer defying democratic traditions

• Tradition: The senior most member of the house is nominated as protem Speaker or presiding officer. Decision was taken

05 Jan 2023^[20]:

• Delhi L-G Saxena picks 10 members for MCD bypassing the elected Delhi government, AAP hits back

7 December 2022: Delhi MCD Elections

AAP(134 wards) WINNER, BJP 104 & Congress 9

References:

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1. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/a-little-entertainment-sc-quashes-chandigarh-municipal-polls-result-declares-aap-candidate-kuldeep-kumar-as-winner-11708427066910.html ↩︎ ↩︎

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3. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/where-are-the-ballot-papers-defaced-cji-pulls-up-chandigarh-mayor-poll-official-101708421960701.html ↩︎

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16. https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/aldermen-can-vote-in-delhi-mayoral-polls-municipal-corporation-of-delhi-presiding-officer-satya-sharma/cid/1914640 ↩︎

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20. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-l-g-saxena-picks-10-members-for-mcd-aap-hits-back-8361976/ ↩︎