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Jully accuses Rajasthan BJP government of influencing civic polls
Tikaram Jully is a Congress leader and Rajasthan’s Leader of Opposition.
He accused the BJP government of unfairly using police and government officials during local elections.
He said officials treated the BJP and Congress differently.
He also said people were facing pressure and fear during the elections.
The elections were for mayors in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota.
They were held on Friday, September 25.
Jully argued that government power should not be used to change what voters decided.
The BJP’s response was not included in the report.
Rajasthan Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully accused the BJP government of using police and administrative machinery to influence urban local body elections.
Jully alleged that police and officials applied different standards to the BJP and Congress.
He said the elections were being conducted under pressure, fear and political hooliganism.
Elections for mayoral posts in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations were held on Friday.
Jully claimed that using state power to influence voters’ mandate amounted to murder of democracy.
- Who
- Rajasthan Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully made the allegations against the BJP government.
- What
- Jully accused the government of using police and administrative machinery to influence urban local body elections.
- Where
- The elections involved the municipal corporations of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota in Rajasthan.
- When
- The mayoral elections were held on Friday, September 25.
- Why
- Jully alleged that state machinery was being used to help the ruling BJP gain control of civic bodies.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Tikaram Jully, Rajasthan Leader of Opposition
- Accused party
- Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan
- Election type
- Urban local body mayoral elections
- Cities involved
- Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota
- Alleged means
- Police and administrative machinery
- Alleged conduct
- Different standards for the BJP and Congress, along with pressure and fear
Quotes
Tikaram Jully
Rajasthan Leader of Opposition and Congress politician
“The BJP government has not only trampled upon democratic norms in the urban local body elections but has crossed all limits of the democratic system in its arrogance of power.”
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