Who cares for rules?
It was a mockery of the rules laid down by the Election Commission. In Najafgarh, campaigning for the Assembly polls went on till the last moment at the Dhichau Kalan polling station. The polling agents of independent candidate Bharat Singh had devised an innovative way. They created a prototype of the EVM machine with a button that duplicated the exact sound made by the EVMs — the only difference being there was no name other than Bharat Singh. It clearly showed the number on which his name was enlisted in the original EVMs. And all voters who turned up to check their names in the polling list were trained on this prototype to press the number-8 button — for Bharat Singh.

Malhotra still busy
The D-Day may have gone, but it is not time yet to relax for Vijay Kumar Malhotra. The morning after, the BJP’s presidential candidate headed for Rajinder Nagar, which goes to polls on December 13. The objective was to calm the frayed nerves of several party workers who are unhappy with the choice of Asha Yogi, widow of deceased candidate Puran Chand Yogi, sidelining several other wannabes. Senior leader Arun Jaitley, too, has made it clear that he is not happy with the choice.