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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. (PTI file photograph)
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister mentioned heartiest congratulations to the Election Commission for fearlessly conducting neutral elections and for giving equal alternative to all of the events to contest the elections with none bias or discrimination
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday mentioned the Election Commission of India is the one ray of hope, which may curb the misuse of the ED, CBI and IT division by the BJP authorities from the entrance.
“E=ED, C = CBI, I=IT. The way ECI is formed by combining the first letters of ED, CBI and IT department is a positive indication that ‘The Election Commission of India’ is the ray of hope that can curb the misuse of ED, CBI and IT department by the BJP government from the front,” Yadav mentioned in a submit on X in Hindi.
“From today we are entering the first election month of 2024. It is hoped that the ‘Election Commission’ will fulfil its constitutional responsibility and will not allow the unbridled and dishonest government machinery to become active and will become a shield to protect democratic values as always. Only when democracy survives, the dignity (‘garima’) and reputation (‘prathistha’) of the Election Commission will also remain intact,” he mentioned.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister mentioned heartiest congratulations to the Election Commission for fearlessly conducting neutral elections and for giving equal alternative to all of the events to contest the elections with none bias or discrimination. “Impartial elections will be the victory of the Election Commission,” he mentioned.
Around 15.34 crore persons are eligible to vote in Uttar Pradesh — a politically essential state with 80 Lok Sabha seats the place the elections might be held in seven phases from April 19.
According to the election schedule, eight parliamentary constituencies within the state will vote within the first section of the Lok Sabha polls on April 19. These are Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina (SC), Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit.
Voting within the second section will happen on April 26, whereas voting within the third section might be held on May 7. The fourth section of the Lok Sabha polls will witness voting on May 13.
State capital Lucknow will go to polls within the fifth section of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20. Voting within the sixth section might be held on May 25.
The seventh and last section of polling might be held on June 1 and among the many seats it’ll cowl are Varanasi — represented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi — and Gorakhpur, the pocket borough of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The counting of votes might be held on June 4.
