Divine intervention rescued democracy in Chd: Kejriwal

In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day after the Supreme Court verdict in the Chandigarh mayor elections, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the party represents "adharma" (injustice) and uses all means to rig elections and topple governments.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the results of Chandigarh mayoral polls and declared the Aam Aadmi Party candidate (AAP) the winner. The controversy erupted last month when the returning officer of the polls was caught on camera brazenly defacing ballots before declaring the BJP candidate the winner though the AAP and Congress alliance had more votes.

"In Chandigarh, they rigged the election to turn the loser into winner. Same thing had happened in Pakistan elections. In Pakistan, the Rawalpindi election commissioner had confessed that election was rigged. They have turned our country into Pakistan. What our country had achieved in the last 75 years has been erased in one stroke," Kejriwal said during a speech in the Delhi legislative assembly.

In his 17-minute speech, the CM said that "divine intervention" has taken place in the case of Chandigarh elections, crediting the Supreme Court for its verdict.