Milkipur bye-polls: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claims police checking ID card of voters

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the police were checking the identity cards of voters in Uttar Pradesh’s Milkipur, where polling is underway for the Assembly bye-election.

“The Election Commission should immediately take cognisance of the pictures related to this news that Ayodhya police is checking the ID cards of voters in Milkipur, in which senior police officers are also involved,” Yadav said on the social media platform X with a photograph of the alleged incident.

“This is a democratic crime of indirectly influencing voting by creating fear among voters,” he added. “Such people should be removed immediately and punitive action should be taken.”

The Ayodhya Police, however, rejected the allegations and said that no identity cards were being checked by their personnel.

चुनाव आयोग तुरंत इस समाचार से जुड़ी तस्वीरों का संज्ञान ले कि अयोध्या की पुलिस मिल्कीपुर में मतदाताओं के आईडी कार्ड चेक कर रही है, जिसमें पुलिस के बड़े अधिकारी भी शामिल हैं। ये अप्रत्यक्ष रूप से मतदाताओं में भय उत्पन्न करके मतदान को प्रभावित करने का लोकतांत्रिक अपराध है। ऐसे… pic.twitter.com/dLlLXal24h— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) February 5, 2025

“Senior officials have visited the booths and checked all the booth agents and verified their ID cards,” the police said on X. “No voter’s ID is being checked. Another photo...

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