UP bye-polls: NDA wins 7 seats, SP reiterates voter suppression claims in Muslim-dominated Kundarki
The BJP won 76.71% of the vote in Kundarki, a seat it had won only once before in 1993.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance on Saturday won seven out of nine Assembly bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh, even as the Samajwadi Party reiterated its allegations that voters were stopped from casting their ballots.
On Sunday morning, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that voters from Kundarki who were travelling to Lucknow with complaints of electoral malpractices were stopped at the Sitapur city. He urged the president, Supreme Court, Election Commission and the human rights commission to take cognisance of the matter, and prevent “any injustice or atrocity” against voters.
The BJP on Saturday won the constituencies of Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan, while its ally, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, won from Meerapur. The Samajwadi Party won the Sishamu and Karhal seats.
The BJP’s victory in Muslim-dominated Kundarki in the Moradabad district was among its more unexpected ones. The BJP’s Ramveer Singh won 76.71% (1,70,371) of the votes, while the Samajwadi Party’s Mohammed Rizwan could only win 11.52% (25,580) of the popular mandate.
The BJP had won from Kundarki only once earlier in 1993, which was also the last time that a Hindu candidate won from the seat. During the bye-election held on November 20, Ramveer Singh was the only Hindu candidate, the rest of them being Muslims.
Rizwan had emerged victorious from the...
