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20Nov

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Video | UP Polls: BJP Flags Burqa Voters, Samajwadi Party Says Cops Can’t Check ID

As nine Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh voted in bypolls today, the BJP urged the Election Commission to properly check the identity of voters clad in burqa. In a letter addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh, BJP's Akhilesh Kumar Awasthi said there have past cases of veiled women trying to cast votes multiple times. "In fact, some men have worn burqa and tried to vote. On many occasions, they have been stopped by poll officials. if the identity of burqa-clad women is not checked, fake voting will take place. Only proper checking will ensure fair and transparent voting," the BJP leader wrote in the letter.Source link

19Nov

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‘In general elections, police scared Muslim voters,’ SP writes to UP election body ahead of by-polls

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party Uttar Pradesh Chief Shyam Lal Pal on Tuesday wrote to the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and urged that no police personnel should check the voter ID of any voter in the state by-polls scheduled on November 20. In the letter, SP’s Shyam Lal Pal sought that a written order be issued to the Returning Officer, Returning Officer/District Magistrate, General Observer, and Police officials that “no police personnel will check the voter ID of any voter” on November 20 (the date of polling). The letter stated that the right to check voter IDs lies with the Polling Officer. Show Full Article The Samajwadi Party leader also alleged that during the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Police officials deployed at polling stations misused their po...