4pm News Network: There is political unrest amid the by-elections in Uttar Pradesh. Nine Assembly by-elections will be voted on today (November 20). In such a situation, the Election Commission has made all preparations to hold peaceful and fair elections. Meanwhile, the main Samajwadi Party has approached the Election Commission. There is a political war over the burqa. During this, the Samajwadi Party has demanded that police officers not remove their burqas or check Muslim women during voting. Politics have intensified on this issue. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya also gave his reply.
After the SP, the BJP also wrote a letter to the Election Commission regarding the burqa. The BJP has said that voting conducted without identification is fake. The BJP has demanded action from the Election Commission in this matter.
BJP candidate from Phulpur Deepak Patel has said that the environment favors the BJP in these elections. Raising questions about voting in burqa, he said that women wearing burqa is a form of false voting. When you see the face of a Hindu woman, you should also see the face of a Muslim woman. The Electoral Commission said women in burqas should be checked by female officials. Each woman casts between 5 and 5 votes.
Election Commission should immediately remove dishonest officials: Akhilesh
Amid the UP by-elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is continuously appealing to the Election Commission. Akhilesh tweeted through the social media platform and said that if the Election Commission has any living existence then it should come alive and take action. The SP chief has said that police should not check people’s IDs and roads should not be closed. Voter IDs should not be confiscated. Threats to imprison the real ID should not be made by declaring it as a fake ID. The speed of voting should not be reduced. Time should not be wasted; Voting time should be extended if necessary. The administration should not become a representative of power. Dishonest officials must be removed immediately with real-time knowledge of all video recordings of electoral irregularities.
important point
- At the request of the SP party, the electoral chief said that only the president and the polling officer have the right to identify voters.
- Chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa said adequate central and state police forces have been deployed.
