Akhilesh Yadav slammed BJP after Supreme courtroom ordered probe into Chandigarh mayor elections.
Lucknow:
The returning officer who performed the Chandigarh mayoral polls ”accepting the crime of rigging” the elections reveals how hungry the BJP is for energy, Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav mentioned on Monday after the Supreme Court docket got here down closely on the officer for allegedly defacing poll papers.
BJP supporters ought to perceive how the celebration is successful each election by way of ”theft and scams”. Neither the nation nor the way forward for their very own youngsters is secure within the palms of such folks, Mr Yadav mentioned in a put up on X in Hindi.
Earlier within the day, the Supreme Court docket posed looking inquiries to Returning Officer Anil Masih and mentioned that placing a mark on poll papers can’t be allowed in an electoral democracy.
Through the listening to, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud voiced displeasure over the best way the January 30 mayoral polls have been held and informed Mr Masih that he might be prosecuted in case of any falsehood.
”The (pro-)BJP presiding officer’s accepting the crime of rigging the Chandigarh mayor elections reveals how hungry the BJP is for energy. On authorized and constitutional grounds, the BJP ought to apologise to the whole nation and quit energy in every single place,” Mr Yadav mentioned.
BJP supporters ought to hold their heads their heads for this ”shameful act” of brazenly killing democracy, he mentioned.
”They need to perceive how the BJP is successful each election by way of theft and scams. Neither the nation nor… the way forward for their youngsters is secure within the palms of such folks,” he added.
The SP chief mentioned these officers who commit ”felony acts” beneath stress from the federal government must also be taught a lesson from this incident. It will spoil their lives and that of their households as a result of such crimes are at least treason and they’ll face strict punishment.
Voicing its deep concern over ”horse-trading”, the Supreme Court docket mentioned it’ll look at on Tuesday the poll papers of the Chandigarh mayoral polls and the video recording of the counting.
It additionally mentioned that as a substitute of ordering recent polls, it might contemplate declaration of outcomes on the premise of votes already solid.
The BJP had swept the Chandigarh mayoral polls, in a setback to the Congress-AAP alliance that alleged tampering with poll papers by the presiding officer.
The BJP’s Manoj Sonkar had defeated the AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar for the mayor’s put up, polling 16 votes in opposition to his rival’s 12. Eight votes have been declared invalid.
Mr Kumar had later moved the Supreme Court docket.
Sonkar, nevertheless, resigned on Sunday whereas three AAP councillors defected to the BJP.
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