UP bye-polls: Samajwadi Party alleges voter suppression, intimidation in Karhal, Katehari

The Samajwadi Party alleged on Wednesday that citizens were being prevented from voting in at least four of the nine Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where bye-elections are underway.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, on its part, alleged that in at least three places, people were being given fake identity documents to enable them to vote.

Bye-elections are underway in Katehari, Karhal, Mirapur, Ghaziabad, Majhawan, Sisamau, Khair, Phulpur and Kundarki in Uttar Pradesh.

Taking cognisance of the Samajwadi Party’s social media posts about voter suppression, the Kanpur Police said that sub-inspectors who stopped citizens from casting their ballot have been suspended.

“Everyone has been directed to ensure complete compliance with the election process,” said the police.

The Samajwadi Party released videos from Mirapur in the Muzaffarnagar district and Sishamau in the Kanpur district, in which a group of persons were heard saying that voters were being assaulted and prevented from exercising their franchise.

It also released a similar video from the Katehari constituency in the Ambedkar Nagar district, alleging that the police were threatening Muslim voters.

The Akhilesh Yadav-led party also alleged that in the Karhal constituency of the Mainpuri district, gunmen were intimidating voters and stopping them from exercising their ballot.

It claimed that the BJP was trying to capture booths at five places in Karhal.

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