Political turmoil continues in Uttar Pradesh, a week before the election for district panchayat heads on July 3 and a week before the results are announced on the same day. on Saturday, Samajwadi Party Claimed that in 11 districts its candidates were barred from filing nomination papers with the help of local administration and police.
SP also removed 11 district presidents for allegedly colluding BJP In “sabotaging” the party’s prospects, according to SP sources. “At a later stage, the party will decide whether to give him more punishment or not,” said an SP leader.
Late in the evening, the SP said that party chief Akhilesh Yadav has expelled Farrukhabad leader Sachin Yadav from the party for six years for indulging in “anti-party activities”.
“If anyone else is found involved in anti-party activities, he will also be expelled from the party,” the party said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the BJP claimed that 25 candidates would win unopposed in the district panchayat main election; The State Election Commission (SEC) announced that 18 districts have received one nomination each. These elections are not fought on party symbols.
An SEC official said, “There is no way to ascertain whether these 18 are backed by the BJP. But our records till 8 pm show that there are 18 districts where a candidate has filed one nomination each. A total of 154 valid candidates have filed nominations in all the 75 districts.
BJP state spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said that according to his estimate 25 candidates will win the election unopposed. “As of now, the SEC is saying that there is one candidate each in 18 districts. But we think this number will increase as many opposition candidates do not have valid papers. We will eventually win 25 seats without any opposition candidate.
Accusing the ruling party of withholding its candidates, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted: “In Gorakhpur and elsewhere, the way the BJP has prevented SP candidates from filing nominations… this is the BJP’s new attempt to win the election. administrative strategy. The number of district panchayat chiefs the BJP is able to get, the public will not give them so many seats in the assembly elections.
Assembly elections are due in the state next year.
SP spokesperson Juhi Singh said that 11 district heads will be given a chance to explain their point of view to Yadav. “Our candidates were prevented from filing nominations in 11 districts. They were placed under house arrest, while some were threatened with cases,” alleged Singh.
These districts include Gorakhpur, Moradabad, Agra, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad.
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