With the trends so far suggesting a rout of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD) election at the hands of the BJP, the party continued to allege tampering of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the verdict, and not a Modi wave, as claimed by the BJP.

"This is not Modi wave, this is EVM wave. This is the same wave that they (BJP) used in the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Punjab polls," Delhi minister Gopal Rai told reporters after the counting trends showed the BJP making a clean sweep in the civic polls.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also alleged widespread tampering of EVMs to favour the BJP and said there was "no reason" for the people of Delhi to favour the BJP.

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Addressing the media after the BJP was set to sweep the MCD polls, Sisodia said that a little percentage of difference in favour of the BJP would have been acceptable, but "this difference is unbelievable". "Without EVM tampering it is not possible," he said.

Sisodia said the BJP, which had earlier raised questions on the reliability of the Electronic Voting Machines, "are now declaring that the EVMs cannot be tampered with".

Sisodia said the BJP did "research" on tampering of EVMs in 2009, but now they are winning based on tampering of voting machines. He said the Election Commission should answer the technical questions raised on the EVMS.

AAP spokesperson Ashutosh questioned how the BJP could win MCD election despite massive allegations of corruption in the 10 years that the saffron party controlled Delhi's civic bodies.

The AAP has threatened a "movement" in Delhi if it loses the MCD election. The party has repeatedly alleged EVM tampering and had demanded a paper trail proof of the voting, which was turned down by the courts.

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