New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has approached a Delhi court alleging large-scale irregularities and manipulation in the recently held Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) by-election for Ashok Vihar Ward 65, after the party's candidate was initially shown as the winner before the result was allegedly altered in favour of the BJP.

AAP Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday said that the party's candidate had been declared victorious on the Election Commission's website and application. Still, the result later disappeared and was replaced with the BJP candidate being shown as the winner.

Calling the episode "deeply suspicious," Bharadwaj said an election petition was filed in the Rohini Court on Wednesday, whic...