LUCKNOW: The Congress and the Samajwadi Party Saturday alleged that SP’s Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency candidate Lalji Verma has been put beneath home arrest on the behest of the ruling BJP. Polling is underway in Ambedkar Nagar within the sixth part of elections. The district administration couldn’t be reached for a touch upon the allegations of the 2 events.
SP chief Arvind Kumar Singh wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer alleging the Ambedkar Nagar administration is influencing the elections by holding the SP candidate beneath home arrest. The EC ought to take cognisance in order that honest voting is ensured, he mentioned. In a put up on X, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav mentioned the police raided Verma’s home. “But the police neither wanted to find anything nor found anything. This is an evil act to tarnish the honest image of Lalji Verma. Extremely condemnable! This is the frustration of the losing BJP,” he mentioned.
अंबेडकरनगर का पूरा प्रशासनिक अमला मुझे प्रताड़ित कर रहा है, जिसका ज़बाब अंबेडकर नगर की समस्त जनता अपने वोट से देगी।
मुझे चाहे जितना प्रताड़ित किया जाए लेकिन पिछड़ों,दलितों,अल्पसंख्यको की आवाज को दबने नहीं दूंगा।
मैं समाजवादी पार्टी के समस्त कार्यकर्ताओं,बूथ अध्यक्षों से अपील… pic.twitter.com/XnC3AtQrZA
— Lalji Verma (@LaljiVermaSP) May 25, 2024
The Uttar Pradesh Congress mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP authorities are “so frightened by the fear of defeat that they have openly resorted to dictatorship”. “Information is being received that INDIA alliance candidate from Ambedkar Nagar Lalji Verma has been placed under house arrest,” the get together mentioned on X.
“By misusing the government machinery, the candidates of the INDIA alliance are not being allowed to come out of the house and the voters are being threatened. Sir, if you have woken up, please take action,” the get together mentioned, drawing the eye of the Election Commission of India. In a separate put up, the Samajwadi Party additionally appealed to the Election Commission to take cognisance of the matter.
