Delhi elections 2015: AAP brigade out with 5,000 spy cameras

NEW DELHI: Like last elections, Aam Aadmi Party has armed its volunteers with around 5,000 spy cams to record distribution of cash and liquor by political parties to influence voting. On Thursday night, the party reported distribution at various places, especially in exchange for voter ID cards. The complaints were forwarded to the Election Commission. The party said the distribution is likely to intensify on Friday night, a day before votes are cast.

The #AAPSpyCamSena, which got activated on Thursday evening right after the campaigning officially ended, reported several cases where distribution of cash and liquor was taking place. The party set up war rooms in various locations where volunteers sent in videos and pictures of locations where alcohol was stored and where distribution was taking place.

"The technology used this time allows transfer of video recording and visuals from the spy cams to the party's war rooms immediately so that there is no danger to the volunteers on ground and evidence can be provided quickly to the Election Commission for immediate action," said a party spokesperson.

While EC officials said that flying squads had been deputed in various zones to monitor this, AAP sources said that the system had been highly ineffective till late Thursday night. "In the west zone, computers were not working so no complaints were recorded. At other places, only a single police official was being sent which was highly ineffective in nabbing culprits. At several places we found cash and liquor stored, but despite complaints nobody visited the spot. However, action was taken by the police at a few places and some liquor was confiscated," said sources.

The party reported that in Rajendra Park in Mundka, people were being given Rs 1,000 in exchange for their voter IDs. In Mehrauli, voter cards were being exchanged for liquor. Complaints of alcohol and cash were made from Kanak Durga Colony, Indian Airlines Colony in RK Puram, Tilak Nagar, Moti Nagar and Rajouri Garden.

AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal had found himself in trouble with the EC after BJP and Congress raised objections with his speech at various rallies, where he had goaded people to accept cash, not liquor, by political parties just before the election but still vote for AAP. He had made similar comments in the 2013 election.