UP bypolls: Samajwadi Party accuses policemen, Election Commission takes action

During the by-elections being held on nine seats in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party has accused policemen at many places of threatening voters. Taking cognizance of the SP’s complaints, the Election Commission has suspended seven policemen. According to the information, two inspectors Arun Singh and Rakesh Nadar have been suspended in Sisamau. He is accused of misbehaving with voters and violating Election Commission guidelines.

On the suspension of five policemen, Kanpur Police Commissioner Akhil Kumar said that we had received information that some policemen were not following the guidelines of the Election Commission. Kanpur Police Commissioner Akhil Kumar said that the suspension was done after taking cognizance of Samajwadi Party’s tweet. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday demanded suspension of the Station House Officer (SHO) of Kakrauli police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerapur, accusing him of threatening voters with force and a revolver and banning him from contesting bypolls in the populous state. Accused of stopping them from voting.

Sharing a video of the alleged incident, Akhilesh Yadav urged the Election Commission (EC) to immediately suspend the policeman for obstructing the voting process. While sharing the video, Akhilesh posted that immediate suspension action should be taken against the SHO who used abusive language and behavior with women to stop them from voting in Ibrahimpur. In another post, he said that the SHO of Kakrauli police station area of ​​Meerapur should be immediately suspended by the Election Commission, because he is stopping the voters from casting their vote by threatening them with a revolver. The purported video shared by the Samajwadi Party chief shows a security guard and a police officer wearing a helmet pointing his service gun at some women voters in Mirapur.