From correspondents in Delhi, India, 06:03 PM IST

The BJP candidate for northeast Delhi, B.L. Sharma Prem, faced a minor hitch when he went to vote Thursday morning. He had to wait for over an hour before he could exercise his franchise.

'I reached the polling station at around 7 a.m,' Prem, who is registered voter in New Delhi constituency, said, adding the electronic voting machine (EVM) didn't register his vote.

'After 1 hour and 15 minute wait, my vote was registered. The engineers who checked the EVM told that a button was pressed. It could be a conspiracy of the government,' Prem told IANS.

In northeast Delhi, Prem is pitted against Delhi Congress chief J.P. Agarwal.

'After I returned to my constituency, I received a lot of complaints from several booths in my constituency about similar problems. I informed the election authorities about it,' Prem added.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)