Hours before the counting of votes in the Assembly elections to five States were to begin, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat alleged that CCTV cameras in a strongroom at Haridwar had malfunctioned thrice.
Separately, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, wrote a letter to party workers saying that the fight had just begun, and urged them to respect the people's mandate.
"Will the Election Commission and the District Electoral Officer take note of the fact that CCTV cameras in the strongroom in Haridwar malfunctioned thrice? The reputation of the State government is at stake in one or two cases. That's why they are trying to win the elections through any means," Mr. Rawat said on Twitter. He added that the fairness of the elections comes under strong suspicion if CCTV cameras inside a strongroom stop functioning not once but three times.
