‘Fake Voting’ By Burqa-Clad Women In Seelampur, Chaos In Jangpura, Barricades ‘Stopping’ Voters In Chirag Delhi – Allegations In Full Swing (Screengrab) | X/PTI/IANS
Ruckus erupted during the polling for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged fake voting in the Seelampur seat. The BJP claimed that some women in burqa polled fake votes.
After the allegations, the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers came face to face. Both sides raised slogans. Clashes were also reported between the workers of both parties. However, no one was injured.
Meanwhile, In Jangpura, a clash of slogans occurred between AAP and BJP workers, with AAP candidate from Jangpura Assembly constituency, Manish Sisodia was also present at the scene.
In the Seelampur seat, AAP’s Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad is contesting against Anil Gaur of the BJP and Congress’s Abdul Rehman. Notably, Abdul Rehman won the Seelampur seat on the AAP’s ticket in the 2020 polls.
Earlier in the day, AAP’s Greater Kailash candidate Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that the Delhi Police was trying to stop people from casting their votes at a polling station in Chirag Delhi. “You have been standing here since morning to influence elections. Why are the barricades put here? Which Senior Officer of the Delhi Police has asked them to put up barricades? This is all being done to disturb the poor villagers. Malviya Nagar ACP and SHO are doing all of this openly wherever there is a stronghold of AAP,” Bhardwaj told reporters.
“The SHO also conducted a raid on our private premises last night. 21,000 people cast their votes here. The Police are doing this in all 17-18 polling booths in Chirag Delhi. People can neither come from the metro nor on the roads to cast their votes…Did Virendra Sachdeva or President Murmu get out of the car 200 metres away from the polling station? There are no guidelines,” the AAP minister added.
Responding to Bhardwaj’s allegations, South Delhi’s DCP Ankit Chauhan clarified that cars are allowed for bringing inside the polling booth for only people who could not walk. “There is an exception for the elderly and those who cannot walk. For them, bringing their car inside is allowed. This rule is being implemented everywhere. We will investigate the places where he (Saurabh Bharadwaj) is raising concerns about,” Chauhan told the media.
The votes for the Delhi polls will be counted on february 8
