Agra : Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced repolling at three polling stations in Agra teachers’ legislative council constituency from 8am to 4pm on Oct 26, according to a statement issued by UP chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa. Agra divisional commissioner Nagendra Pratap has been directed to conduct an immediate inquiry and submit a report to ECI by Sunday.
Agra teachers’ constituency of the UP legislative council held polling on Friday, as part of 2026 biennial elections to five graduate and six teachers’ constituencies in the state. Counting of votes is scheduled for Oct 27.
The announcement comes following complaints of “serious irregularities and intimidation” by Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Aakash Agarwal during Friday’s election. Agarwal asked, then going on to claim that “he was being targeted in the name of protecting sanatan dharma”. He further said that “if the intimidation continues, he would “convert to another faith”.
Agarwal also met Agra’s divisional commissioner Nagendra Pratap. Meanwhile, in a purported video, SP candidate Agarwal alleged that he was being targeted and feared that the police could frame him in false cases. “Do I have no right to contest the election?