By PTI
LUCKNOW: The BJP “lost miserably” in seats located merely exterior metropolis limits no matter “adopting every trick” throughout the Uttar Pradesh metropolis native physique elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav talked about on Sunday.
He moreover termed as “suspicious” the place of the State Election Commission and talked about the BJP obtained the polls through “fraudulent counting” of votes and by no means by customary mandate.
The BJP on Saturday registered wins on all 17 mayoral seats — Varanasi, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Meerut.
It moreover obtained 813 of the 1,420 corporator seats whereas the opposition Samajwadi Party bagged 191 and the Bahujan Samaj Party 85.
In a tweet in Hindi, Yadav congratulated the victorious Samajwadi Party nominees and the entire “other” candidates who obtained by stopping in the direction of the BJP.
“Moving a little out of the cities, the BJP lost miserably even after adopting every trick,” he added.
Later, in an announcement issued proper right here, Yadav talked about the outcomes would have been larger for the Samajwadi Party if the “BJP government” had not rigged the elections by using money and misusing vitality.
“From removing (names of) voters from the electoral rolls, getting fake (fraudulent) votes cast, slowing down the counting, the BJP tried every trick to influence the elections. The government and the administration acted as the BJP’s agents and worked to defeat the winning candidates of the Samajwadi Party,” he added.
Yadav alleged that the election was not contested by the BJP nevertheless by the state authorities.
“It was completely a managed election of the government. All kinds of conspiracies were done to swing the results in favour of the BJP. The chief minister himself was engaged in misusing the power,” Yadav talked about.
Raising questions over the State Election Commission’s functioning, Yadav talked about it is a matter of regret that the poll physique’s place was suspicious.
“Complaining about rigging in the first phase of civic elections, the Samajwadi Party had demanded concrete arrangements for voting in a fear-free environment in the second phase. At the time of the counting of votes, even force was used to suppress the voice of the opposition. But the State Election Commission became a mute spectator,” he talked about.
The truth is that the BJP obtained by fraud throughout the counting of votes and by no means by the people’s mandate, he alleged.
“This so-called election victory of the BJP is (an act of) fraud with democracy, disregard of the oath of the Constitution and insult of public opinion. There cannot be a bigger mockery of democracy than this,” the earlier chief minister talked about.
“The loot of votes and the forcible capture of the civic bodies will cost the BJP very dearly. Lakhs of voters are now waiting for 2024 (Lok Sabha elections) when they will teach a befitting lesson to the BJP,” he claimed.
According to the State Election Commission, the BJP obtained 191 (35.11 per cent) of the 544 posts of Nagar Panchayat chairpersons whereas Independent candidates bagged 195 (35.85 per cent).
The Samajwadi Party obtained 78 posts whereas the Bahujan Samaj Party clinched victories in 37.
The Congress obtained 14 seats.
Independent candidates asserted themselves on the Nagar Panchayat members’ seats as successfully, profitable 4,824 of the 7,177 (67.21 per cent) accessible.
The BJP obtained 1,403 seats adopted by the Samajwadi Party with 485 and the Bahujan Samaj Party with 215.
The Congress bagged 77 seats and the Rashtriya Lok Dal obtained 38.
The metropolis native physique elections have been held in two phases on May 4 and 11 to elect 17 mayors and 1,401 corporators.
As many as 19 corporators have been elected unopposed, the charge had talked about.
Voting was moreover held to elect 198 chairpersons and 5,260 members of Nagar Palika Parishads, 542 chairpersons of Nagar Panchayats and 7,104 members of Nagar Panchayats.
LUCKNOW: The BJP “lost miserably” in seats located merely exterior metropolis limits no matter “adopting every trick” throughout the Uttar Pradesh metropolis native physique elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav talked about on Sunday.
He moreover termed as “suspicious” the place of the State Election Commission and talked about the BJP obtained the polls through “fraudulent counting” of votes and by no means by customary mandate.
The BJP on Saturday registered wins on all 17 mayoral seats — Varanasi, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Meerut.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
It moreover obtained 813 of the 1,420 corporator seats whereas the opposition Samajwadi Party bagged 191 and the Bahujan Samaj Party 85.
In a tweet in Hindi, Yadav congratulated the victorious Samajwadi Party nominees and the entire “other” candidates who obtained by stopping in the direction of the BJP.
“Moving a little out of the cities, the BJP lost miserably even after adopting every trick,” he added.
Later, in an announcement issued proper right here, Yadav talked about the outcomes would have been larger for the Samajwadi Party if the “BJP government” had not rigged the elections by using money and misusing vitality.
“From removing (names of) voters from the electoral rolls, getting fake (fraudulent) votes cast, slowing down the counting, the BJP tried every trick to influence the elections. The government and the administration acted as the BJP’s agents and worked to defeat the winning candidates of the Samajwadi Party,” he added.
Yadav alleged that the election was not contested by the BJP nevertheless by the state authorities.
“It was completely a managed election of the government. All kinds of conspiracies were done to swing the results in favour of the BJP. The chief minister himself was engaged in misusing the power,” Yadav talked about.
Raising questions over the State Election Commission’s functioning, Yadav talked about it is a matter of regret that the poll physique’s place was suspicious.
“Complaining about rigging in the first phase of civic elections, the Samajwadi Party had demanded concrete arrangements for voting in a fear-free environment in the second phase. At the time of the counting of votes, even force was used to suppress the voice of the opposition. But the State Election Commission became a mute spectator,” he talked about.
The truth is that the BJP obtained by fraud throughout the counting of votes and by no means by the people’s mandate, he alleged.
“This so-called election victory of the BJP is (an act of) fraud with democracy, disregard of the oath of the Constitution and insult of public opinion. There cannot be a bigger mockery of democracy than this,” the earlier chief minister talked about.
“The loot of votes and the forcible capture of the civic bodies will cost the BJP very dearly. Lakhs of voters are now waiting for 2024 (Lok Sabha elections) when they will teach a befitting lesson to the BJP,” he claimed.
According to the State Election Commission, the BJP obtained 191 (35.11 per cent) of the 544 posts of Nagar Panchayat chairpersons whereas Independent candidates bagged 195 (35.85 per cent).
The Samajwadi Party obtained 78 posts whereas the Bahujan Samaj Party clinched victories in 37.
The Congress obtained 14 seats.
Independent candidates asserted themselves on the Nagar Panchayat members’ seats as successfully, profitable 4,824 of the 7,177 (67.21 per cent) accessible.
The BJP obtained 1,403 seats adopted by the Samajwadi Party with 485 and the Bahujan Samaj Party with 215.
The Congress bagged 77 seats and the Rashtriya Lok Dal obtained 38.
The metropolis native physique elections have been held in two phases on May 4 and 11 to elect 17 mayors and 1,401 corporators.
As many as 19 corporators have been elected unopposed, the charge had talked about.
Voting was moreover held to elect 198 chairpersons and 5,260 members of Nagar Palika Parishads, 542 chairpersons of Nagar Panchayats and 7,104 members of Nagar Panchayats.