Opposition workers in UP put under ‘house arrest’, claims Akhilesh
DMs, police in many UP districts have put opposition workers under house arrest so that they cannot participate in the vote-counting process, tweets SP chief
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has accused the district magistrate and police administration of putting workers of opposition parties “under house arrest” in many districts of Uttar Pradesh so that they cannot participate in the counting of votes.
Such incidents should be stopped immediately and the “detained” people should be released immediately, Yadav, who is contesting the Kannauj seat, wrote in a post on X in Hindi on Monday (June 3).
Akhilesh’s tweet
“Honourable Supreme Court, @ECISVEEP (Election Commission of India), @CEOUP (Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh), Police Chief @dgpup @Uppolice should immediately take cognisance of the fact that in many districts of Uttar Pradesh, apart from Mirzapur, Aligarh, Kannauj, the district magistrate and the police administration are illegally putting the political workers of the opposition under house arrest (‘nazarbandh’), so that they cannot participate in the counting of votes tomorrow,” he wrote (translated).
“When all political parties are working peacefully, the government and administration should also not do any such unethical work which may lead to public anger,” said the former chief minister.
BJP objects
It is hoped that such biased DM and administrative officers will be removed immediately and the counting of votes will be completed in a peaceful environment, the SP chief added.
A day before the counting of votes in the Lok Sabha elections, Akhilesh, while invoking Mahatma Gandhi’s “do or die” call, said the youth are agitated and ready to take part in a “new freedom movement”.
The BJP objected to Yadav’s remarks and urged the Election Commission to take strict action against attempts by the Samajwadi Party to spread “anarchy” today (June 4) when votes are counted.
(With agency inputs)
