EC didn’t follow rules relating voter list in UP elections: Akhilesh

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the Election Commission did not follow rules while preparing the voters’ list in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls earlier this year. He alleged that there is a “conspiracy” by the BJP government to suppress the voice of the opposition.

“Had the Election Commission followed rules regarding electoral roll in 2022 Assembly elections, thousands of voters would not have been deprived of voting,” Yadav said during a meeting held to discuss preparations for the civic body polls here, according to a press statement issued on Friday.

He said it is the constitutional responsibility of the Election Commission to conduct elections in a free, fair and transparent manner. “It is also the responsibility of the Election Commission to ensure that voting is held without any pressure or fear of the administrative machinery,” he added.

The SP chief asked why the Election Commission “has not taken cognisance of all complaints and memorandums related to the 2022 Assembly elections”. Yadav claimed rigging had taken place in the polls and his party had raised objections. “During the elections, Lucknow DIG Laxmi Singh was not transferred despite repeated complaints while her husband was a BJP candidate in the Sarojini Nagar area of Lucknow,” he said.