Lucknow Dec 4 (IANS) The war of words between the BJP and the BSP over civic poll results continued on Monday as the latter s supremo Mayawati dared the ruling party to direct all its 14 newly elected Mayors to resign and re-contest through paper ballot voting.
She was responding to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath s rejection of her allegations on EVM tampering on Sunday.
"If she is so sure she should get her party s Mayors in Aligarh and Meerut to quit and contest fresh elections. People who have won seats in elections held through Electronic Voting Machines are now questioning it " Adityanath had said.
Mayawati said his statement not only "smacked of arrogance of power" but also was akin to "ulta chor kotwal ko daante (a thief scolding a police officer)" .
The Bahujan Samaj Party leader also ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi s statement who dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party victory in Uttar Pradesh civic polls as "victory of BJP s vision".
"They could not manipulate the polls in Meerut and Aligarh as there was massive anger against the BJP and they feared a backlash in case EVMs were tampered with " the BSP leader said.
The BJP had rigged the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and the February-March Uttar Pradesh assembly elections as well the former Chief Minister claimed.
--IANS
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