New Delhi: Sanatan Pandey, the candidate representing the Samajwadi Party within the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency, has been charged by the police for purportedly inciting hostility and intimidating the district election officer, reported PTI quoting police officer.
In the dialog with reporters, Pandey is heard stating that he had emerged victorious within the earlier election, however administrative actions prevented him from securing the win. “I accepted my loss because I didn’t want to challenge the Election Commission,” he instructed the media.
As per PTI, Superintendent of Police Dev Ranjan Verma stated an FIR has been lodged in opposition to Pandey underneath sections 171 F (exercising undue affect in elections), 189 (threatening a public servant), 186 (obstructing a public servant in public work), 505 (2) (spreading hatred and animosity between totally different teams) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Representation of the People Act on the premise of a criticism filed by Sub Inspector Makhan Singh in Ballia metropolis.
He claimed that throughout the earlier elections, people affiliated with the federal government attacked him outdoors the counting heart, leading to injury to his car. Pandey stated that he wouldn’t permit something of such type to occur this yr.
Pandey additional conveyed that he had taken an oath this time, stating that if the individuals of Ballia wished to defeat him, he would acknowledge it. However, in the event that they desired to elect him because the winner, then neither the native administration nor the BJP may forestall him from being victorious. He added that “If they accomplish that, both my physique or the collector’s physique will come out.”
A video clip of the assertion has gone viral on social media. In his remarks on Saturday, Pandey, whereas discussing the present administration’s tenure and achievements, was accused of inciting discord, selling hatred, and threatening the district election officer.
Pandey ran as a candidate for the Samajwadi Party within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections however was defeated by the BJP’s Virendra Singh Mast by 16,000 votes. This time round, he’s competing in opposition to former Ballia MP Neeraj Shekhar of the BJP. Ballia is scheduled to vote within the remaining part on June 1.
