NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Social gathering chief Shyam Lal Pal on Tuesday wrote a letter to the state’s chief electoral officer accusing the police of misusing their authority in the course of the Lok Sabha elections by forcing Muslim girls voters to take away their veils. He mentioned that this brought about many ladies to go away polling stations with out casting their votes. He argued that voter verification is the only real duty of polling officers, not police personnel.
Pal additional claimed that in constituencies with upcoming by-polls, Sales space Degree Officers had did not distribute voter slips in areas with vital Muslim populations, leaving many unaware of their polling particulars.
“A lot of them left the polling stations with out casting their votes. A major variety of SP supporters returned with out exercising their voting rights, which affected the election and led to a decline in voter turnout at polling stations,” the SP chief mentioned.
“Numerous voters are unaware of their sales space numbers and voter serial numbers, which is impacting the election. The 100% distribution of voter slips have to be ensured in order that voters should not disadvantaged of their proper to vote,” he added.
Following Pal’s allegations Congress and BJP traded barbs with the grand previous get together backing SP’s claims, whereas the BJP has mentioned that may be a “authorized proper” of polling officers.
Congress backs SP
Backing Pal’s letter, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari accused authorities of making an attempt to scare minority voters, saying, “Samajwadi Social gathering has expressed the apprehension that there must be no hindrance within the voting of veiled girls.”
He known as for max participation from girls, particularly from backward courses and minority communities, and demanded strict adherence to election protocols barring police from checking voter IDs.
“ECI ought to be certain that even when there are girls from backward courses or minority communities, their variety of votes must be most. The Election Fee has issued a line that no police personnel ought to verify anybody’s ID card, this must be adopted fully,” the Congress MP mentioned.
‘Authorized proper to take away veils’: Giriraj Singh
Responding to those claims, Union minister Giriraj Singh dismissed the SP’s claims, arguing that eradicating veils for voter identification is legally right. “I attraction to all of the electoral officers and NDA’s polling brokers in Jharkhand and Maharashtra that vote jihad shouldn’t be allowed on the premise of faith and they need to take away the veils and verify the voters. It’s legally proper to take away the veils and see their faces,” the Union minister mentioned.
9 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, together with Karhal, Ghaziabad, and Phulpur, are set to vote on November 20, with outcomes to be declared on November 23.
