BJP won Rampur, Azamgarh seats through dishonesty, deceit, coercion: SP
India Today
The Samajwadi Party alleged the BJP’s victory in Rampur and Azamgarh bypolls has been achieved through “dishonesty, deceit and coercion”.
The Samajwadi Party Sunday alleged the BJP’s victory in bypolls for the Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituencies has been achieved through “dishonesty, deceit, disregard for democracy and constitution and coercion”.
In the results announced on Sunday, the BJP stunned the Samajwadi Party by wresting the two seats considered its pocket-boroughs. In Rampur, the seat vacated by SP stalwart Azam Khan after his election to the state assembly, the BJP’s Ghanshyam Lodhi defeated the SP’s Mohd Asim Raja by a comfortable margin of 42,192 votes in a direct contest.
In the Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency, which was vacated by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, the BJP’s Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ defeated the SP’s Dharmendra Yadav by a margin of 8,679 votes.
Yadav accused the ruling BJP of “grossly misusing” their power during the polls, and claimed people were “surprised” with the results.
“The chronology of ‘murder of democracy’ in BJP rule: conspiracy to reject nominations, suppress candidates, misuse machinery to prevent voting, irregularities in counting, pressure on public representatives and toppling of elected governments. This is the bitter truth about ‘Azadi ke Amrit Kaal’,” Yadav said in a series of tweets in Hindi.
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