BJP alleges EVM malfunctioning in Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad constituency, demands re-polling

As the voting for the 20 seats of Kerala for the Lok Sabha seats are underway, the Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s second constituency Wayanad has become a centre point and the BJP has alleged that EVM malfunction is taking place at some polling booths.

NDA’s candidate Thushar Vellappally of the Bharat Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), which is in alliance with the BJP has made serious allegations that the EVM’s are not functioning properly at the booth in Wayanad and added that re-polling should be done.

Thushar has written a letter to the Chief Election agent Sinil Kumar G and has highlighted that some of the EVM’s were reported to be broken and malfunction took place.

“Let me draw your kind attention to an important matter. It is reported from booth number 79 - CMS Higher Secondary School, Arappatta in Mooppanad Panchayath that the voting machine is damaged. A vote is not being cast even after pressing twice,” he wrote in the letter.

The seven assembly segments of the Wayanad constituency has a total voters population of 13,25,788 wherein 20% belong to the Ezhava community. And a large part of voters are Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Voters.

Rahul Gandhi has decided to contest on two seats in this polls, other than his traditional Amethi, which has been the stronghold and the home turf of the Congress party. The BJP alleged that Rahul Gandhi is afraid of losing and hence, he has chosen to cotest from two seats.

The results of the polls will be released on May 23.

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