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Akhilesh Yadav Says Election Commission Fails Constitutional Duties
Akhilesh Yadav said he believes India’s Election Commission is not being fair.
He accused the BJP of gaining an advantage in elections and alleged that voting booths were improperly controlled in some places.
These are Yadav’s claims, not findings confirmed in the report.
He also questioned whether the Election Commission had acted on complaints.
Yadav criticized the BJP’s plan for holding national and state elections together.
He said it could make it easier for wrongdoing to go unchecked.
Opposition MPs planned to march to the commission’s office in New Delhi.
They were protesting allegations of vote theft connected to a review of voter lists.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the Election Commission of India of lacking impartiality and not functioning in accordance with the Constitution.
Yadav alleged the BJP benefited from money and misuse of forces during elections, including alleged booth-rigging in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
He questioned the relationship between the BJP and the Election Commission and asked what action the commission had taken on election-related concerns.
Yadav claimed the BJP’s support for ‘One Nation, One Election’ would allow alleged electoral misconduct to happen all at once and avoid scrutiny.
INDIA bloc MPs planned a protest march from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters in New Delhi over alleged ‘vote theft’ linked to the SIR of electoral rolls.
- Who
- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and INDIA bloc MPs.
- What
- Yadav accused the Election Commission of lacking impartiality; INDIA bloc MPs planned a protest march over alleged vote theft.
- Where
- New Delhi, including a planned march from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters.
- When
- Tuesday; the article also says the protest call followed a meeting of 19 Opposition parties on September 30.
- Why
- The planned protest concerned allegations of vote theft linked to the SIR of electoral rolls; Yadav also criticized the commission’s conduct.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief
- Institution criticized
- Election Commission of India
- Planned protest
- INDIA bloc MPs planned to march from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters
- Stated protest issue
- Alleged vote theft linked to the SIR of electoral rolls
- Opposition meeting
- The protest call followed a meeting of 19 Opposition parties on September 30
- Other topic raised
- The BJP’s ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal
Quotes
Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party chief
“Not One Nation, One Election; they want to do all the malfunctioning at one time so that they can rule for five years, and there is no need for any probe. That is why they are working on the theory of One Nation, One Election.”
thehansindia.com
“The ECI is not unbiased. The ECI is not working under the Constitution.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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