Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference, at the party headquarters in Lucknow, Sunday
He said in 2017, the party and its functionaries were unable to decipher the modus operandi but by the 2022 elections the party was able to identify the manner in which mass deletion of votes was undertaken by political rivals.
Akhilesh said this was the only reason why the CM and BJP were defending ECI on the issue. What can one expect from people who steal donation and offerings made by devout Hindus at Ram temple in Ayodhya,” Akhilesh said. We had filed repeated complaints, memorandums and representations before the ECI over manipulations and irregularities in elections,” Akhilesh said. But no action was taken by the ECI,” the SP chief said, adding that loot of votes was committed in full public glare but no action was taken against any officer. “It is only after the electoral irregularities started appearing on the front pages of newspapers that people started talking about it,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: Akhilesh attacks BJP for defending EC, alleges involvement in ‘vote theft’ Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for defending the Election Commission (EC), alleging that it was involved in “vote theft” and electoral irregularities.
“The chief minister and the BJP are involved in ‘vote-chori’ scam. This is the reason why they are defending the Election Commission over theft of votes. The SP chief’s statement came in response to a media query hours after chief minister Yogi Adityanath came to the defence of Election Commission of India (ECI) over allegations of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) irregularities and attacked Congress and Samajwadi Party for crying foul when they lose elections but find no fault in ECI when they win elections. “It is for the ECI to save its credibility now. They (ECI) should not work at the behest of anyone else.
Lucknow: The chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party are Election Commission of India ’s partners in crime in the ‘vote chori’ scam, said Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday.
Akhilesh said in Noida, vote theft was still underway. “Fake voters are being enrolled in the voters’ list on a massive scale,” he said. It may be mentioned that Noida district magistrate happens to be the daughter of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.