A day earlier than the counting of votes in city native physique polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Celebration on Friday alleged the election guide was amended lately, deleting from it parts associated to declaration of votes obtained by candidates after each spherical of counting.
The celebration accused the BJP of hatching a “conspiracy” to “affect” the ends in the native physique polls and alter the mandate of the folks.
Manoj Pandey, the chief whip of the SP within the Legislative Meeting, stated that in line with the election guide for native physique polls, there’s a provision of writing on a blackboard the main points of legitimate votes obtained by a candidate, invalid votes and the overall votes polled on a blackboard after each spherical of counting.
Apart from, they’ve to right away declare these particulars, feed the information on-line and likewise announce the identical by public tackle system, he stated.
Aside from this, there’s a provision of saying the outcomes after each two hours, he stated.
However these provision have been “lacking” from the guide after an modification was issued on April 15, 2023 “which isn’t acceptable, and it raises doubts”, he stated.
He additionally alleged that the BJP authorities to be able to sluggish the voting course of, intimidated the voters, misbehaved with the SP employees, and didn’t permit the voters to go away their home.
He additionally alleged {that a} conspiracy has been hatched by the BJP to destroy the democratic system by misusing the administration.
SP’s state unit president Naresh Uttam Patel claimed that it was noticed that the voters’ temper was in opposition to the BJP authorities all through the marketing campaign interval.
“Quite a lot of ministers of the BJP authorities and celebration leaders indulged in deceptive (ballot) campaigns (‘bhraamak prachaar’). The BJP is attempting to point out that within the city native our bodies’ elections, persons are not liking the Samajwadi Celebration. The BJP has cheated the folks,” he stated.
In an announcement issued by the celebration, Uttam additionally stated, “After lagging behind within the first section, a technique was made (by the ruling celebration) to affect the voting course of by lowering the polling proportion itself.
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