UP Bypoll Concludes With Faceoff Between SP, BJP, Akhilesh Claims Cop Threatened Locals
The bypolls in Uttar Pradesh saw a fierce political faceoff between the ruling BJP and the main opposition Samajwadi Party during the ongoing polling in nine assembly seats.
While SP chief Akhilesh Yadav blamed the UP police for threatening the voters in a bid to stop them from voting, the BJP claimed that the SP workers are engaged in hooliganism and bogus voting with women and men donning burqa.
Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that voters in Meerapur were stopped from voting by the SHO in the Kakrauli police station area. "Election Commission should immediately suspend SHO of Kakarwali police station area of Meerapur because he is stopping voters from casting their votes by threatening them with a revolver," Akhilesh said in a post on X.
Yadav said his party had lodged complaints with the ...