Delhi Excessive Court docket points discover to DU on plea difficult DUSU election outcome, filed by former DUSU president Ronak Khatri.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Excessive Court docket on Monday sought the response of the chief election officer of Delhi College College students’ Union on a plea difficult the results of the not too long ago held DUSU polls within the capital. Justice Mini Pushkarna issued discover to DU and others on the petition filed by outgoing DUSU president Ronak Khatri, who has challenged the outcome for the president’s submit and alleged EVM tampering.
The court docket posted the matter for December 16 on his petition, alleging EVM tampering. The petition has sought a route to the ballot physique to make sure free and truthful DUSU elections, and to quash the latest voting, claiming the election held on September 18 was “vitiated” on account of tampering with the digital voting machines (EVMs). It claimed EVMs had been discovered to be intentionally tampered with blue ink markings towards the title of the ABVP presidential candidate, Aryan Mann, to affect voters, “thereby undermining the neutrality, transparency, and legitimacy of the electoral course of”.
“Petitioners and different college students/polling brokers requested the Election/Returning Officers, college officers, and lecturers on election obligation to protect the contaminated EVMs, file incident studies, and halt polling, however all such authorities refused or did not act, permitting the compromised polling course of to proceed,” the petition alleged. The plea claimed “irregularities” had been particularly witnessed and reported at Hansraj Faculty, Kirori Mal College, and the College of Legislation, College of Delhi.
