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Twitter had a lot to say about Kejriwal's claims.
Updated : Mar 16, 2017, 12:40 AM IST
EVM tampering may have led to AAP's poor showing in Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, alleging it could be part of a conspiracy to keep the party out of power in the state.
The AAP chief, whose party won 20 seats in the 117-member Assembly with a vote share of 24.9 per cent, claimed that around 20 to 25 per cent of its votes may have been "transferred" to the SAD-BJP coalition.
The poll result is "beyond understanding" and raises a "big question mark" on the reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs) as political pundits across the spectrum had "predicted a landslide" for AAP, he told a press conference here.
His allegations came on a day BSP supremo Mayawati, who had made similar claims after her party was decimated in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, said she will move court against the alleged tampering of EVMs and accused BJP of "murdering" democracy.
Here's how Twitter reacted to Arvind Kejriwal's claims:
I would also like to believe that EVMs were tempered but even Osho would fail to explain why BJP didn't temper them in Goa, Punjab & Manipur
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) March 15, 2017
Congress borrowed your jhaadu sir. https://t.co/ahS0ektnh0
— Roflindian (@Roflindian) March 15, 2017
Mummy ne kaha .. girlfriend me kaha... Gupta uncle me BHI kaha ladka top karega.. but pen me ink nahi thi isilie fail ho gya. . Abhi SE https://t.co/oOFYHVDzZN
— Masala Chai (@neha_jpn) March 15, 2017
Wow... This is the lowest level of politics i ever seen in my entire life https://t.co/XUK4CK2mbb
— Praveen Shirali (@pkshirali) March 15, 2017
Arvind Kejriwal should understand that EVMs are not twitter accounts to be hacked.
— Haritha Varanasi (@csharitha) March 15, 2017
Ppl: Need educated people in politics
— Vishal Surywanshi (@vsurywanshi87) March 15, 2017
Arvind Kejriwal: EVM tampered in UP?Why not in Bihar?
Ppl: No more educated needed#CryBabyKejri
Kejriwal and Mayawati crying foul about EVM reminds me about crying about ' fast ball ' in gully cricket when we got out in the first over
— Ananay Wadehra (@AnanayWadehra) March 15, 2017
Have you ever heard a politician saying journalists wrote op-eds saying I would win, so how can I lose? https://t.co/bw1bZeSltc
— Nayanika (@nayanikaaa) March 15, 2017
EC must note that only Arvind Kejriwal and Stupidity are 100% tamperproof.
— Vivek Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) March 15, 2017
Exclusive: unseen video of Arvind Kejriwal's press conference today. pic.twitter.com/Y3tFHA1zqE
— Spaminder Bharti (@attomeybharti) March 15, 2017
If Donald Trump ever needs a replacement for Sean Spicer... https://t.co/Z5ElDgdoPf
— Rohan Venkat (@RohanV) March 15, 2017
AAP lost Goa n Punjab because of EVM n won Delhi inspite of EVM !
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) March 15, 2017
Judge "any proof of EVM tampering"?
— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) March 15, 2017
Kejriwal "See these articles it predicted AAP's victory in Punjab"
Judge "Ise andar kisne aane diya"?
The politics of #SabMileHueHainJi (without proof) is well and truly over.
— Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) March 15, 2017
Either substantiate or find another idiom https://t.co/F92TiYmCmH
Kejriwal hai lost his mental balance. Means when BJP won its EVM tempering n when BJP lost they r answerable why they didn't temper EVM? pic.twitter.com/Z811ePoqF3
— Shashi Kumar (@4ushashishekhar) March 15, 2017
Amazing. THIS is why I have always maintained @ArvindKejriwal is an unrecognised genius. You can't beat this logic. https://t.co/mlquw9a2yh
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) March 15, 2017
Arvind kejriwal Right now.pic.twitter.com/Ao4PiOxuLu
— Ye Accha Hai (@Champ_Nikk) March 15, 2017
Father: Tere marks kam kyu aaye?
— Aladdin (@Alllahdin) March 15, 2017
Bal Kejriwal: Answer sheet tampering huyi hai papa..Topper masterji se tuitions leta tha
Girl: Say those three magical words
— Phd in Bak*****!! (@Atheist_Krishna) March 15, 2017
Kejriwal: Electronic Voting Machine.
Please teach children how to handle defeat and rejection, Or else they behave like Mayawati and Arvind Kejriwal when they grow up.
— Ra Ch Na (@raggedtag) March 15, 2017
As AAP has lost Punjab & Kejriwal can't use state machinery to stop drugs, he has decided to finish all the drugs by himself. Respect.
— चार लोग (@WoCharLog) March 15, 2017
Arvind Kejriwal's statements today make Rahul Gandhi look like a Harvard Scholar. Kudos Delhi.
— Aladdin (@Alllahdin) March 15, 2017
Who tampered with Delhi voters' intelligence? https://t.co/oX2l2ZJswR
— Gobblefunking (@gobblefunk_) March 15, 2017
If you think EVM is the last thing Kejriwal can blame, it's an underestimation. He can blame Modi for performing black magic on ballet box.
— Donald Duck (@WatDaDuck_) March 15, 2017
I wont be surprised if Kejriwal says that to restore credibility, EC should ensure AAP win in Gujarat
— Dhaval Patel (@dhaval241086) March 15, 2017
Dear AAP supporters your leader thinks that his supporters are so dumb that they'll believe that AAP lost because of tempered EVM. Think.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) March 15, 2017
Oh you Idiot!
— TheFrustratedIndian (@FrustIndian) March 15, 2017
You know those people?Why I'm not surprised. https://t.co/Kb3O6CanFO
Hahahahahaha, this man is so good at making a joke of Indian democracy. Tragicomic https://t.co/CyW0v0iXJi
— हम भारत के लोग (@India_Policy) March 15, 2017