Won’t contest bypolls until EC prevents fake voting: Mayawati

By-elections to the nine assembly seats successful Uttar Pradesh were held connected November 20 and results of it were declared connected Saturday. Bahujan Samaj Party contested each 9 seats but failed to triumph any.

“In the bypolls held for 9 assembly seats successful Uttar Pradesh, determination is wide treatment astir the votes formed and the results announced yesterday. I americium not saying this myself; it is simply a communal cognition among radical that earlier, during elections conducted with ballot papers, fake votes were formed by misusing the system, often done fraud,” Mayawati said successful a property league here.

“Now, akin practices are being carried retired utilizing EVMs, which is simply a substance of heavy sorrow and interest for democracy,” the erstwhile UP main curate said.

Not lone this but these activities are present being executed much openly, particularly during by-elections, arsenic opposed to wide elections for the Lok Sabha and authorities assemblies, she claimed.

“We precocious witnessed this successful the Uttar Pradesh bypolls. Similar concerns person besides been raised regarding the caller wide elections successful Maharashtra. This is simply a large informing doorbell for ideology successful our country,” she said.

“Given this situation, our enactment has decided that until the Election Commission of India takes strict measures to forestall fake voting, we volition not enactment successful immoderate by-elections crossed the country, peculiarly successful Uttar Pradesh. I americium specifically referring to by-elections here,” Mayawati said.

As acold arsenic wide elections are concerned, she continued, determination is simply a somewhat amended safeguard due to the fact that the fearfulness of powerfulness changing hands makes the authorities machinery much cautious.

“In wide elections, it is not guaranteed that the enactment successful powerfulness volition instrumentality to powerfulness and different enactment whitethorn instrumentality over. This fearfulness keeps the authorities machinery somewhat restrained,” she added.

Considering each these factors, our enactment volition contention wide elections for the Lok Sabha, authorities assemblies and section bodies with afloat mentation and strength, Mayawati stressed.

In the bypolls, the BJP and its state RLD unneurotic won 7 seats portion Samajwadi Party candidates emerged victorious connected two.
Mayawati noted that aft the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) formed an autarkic bulk authorities successful Uttar Pradesh successful 2007, the Congress, the BJP, and their “caste-based” allies became highly anxious.

“They feared that if the BSP came to powerfulness astatine the Centre, it would recognize the incomplete dreams of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and his follower, the respected Kanshi Ram Ji, successful each aspect. To forestall this, these casteist parties — Congress, BJP and their associates secretly colluded.

“Together, they manipulated and utilized opportunistic, self-serving individuals from the Dalit assemblage to make galore parties. These parties are wholly funded by the aforesaid groups to service their interests,” Mayawati said.

This is wherefore these parties question with dozens of vehicles and adjacent usage helicopters and aeroplanes for their predetermination campaigns. Such observations are wide discussed among the public, she said.

BSP, connected the different hand, raises funds independently done memberships and different contributions. It is worthy noting that these opposing parties are weakening the BSP for their governmental gains by fielding candidates who align with their interests, she said.

“Furthermore, to fortify these self-serving and opportunistic groups, our opponents are adjacent transferring their votes to them and ensuring that 1 oregon 2 MPs oregon MLAs from specified groups get elected successful each state,” she claimed.

“Therefore, it is imperative for Dalits, Adivasis, and different backward communities not to discarded adjacent a azygous ballot connected these selfish and opportunistic parties,” the BSP main said.

Mayawati pointed retired that this signifier was observed successful the assembly elections held successful Haryana, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand, arsenic good arsenic successful the by-elections for 9 assembly seats successful Uttar Pradesh.

Talking astir the unit witnessed successful the Sambhal district, Mayawati blamed the Uttar Pradesh authorities for the unrest.

“Following yesterday’s unexpected predetermination results successful the state, determination has been important hostility successful the Sambhal territory and the full Moradabad division,” she said.

“In specified a situation, the medication should person postponed the survey of mosque and temple properties successful Sambhal to support peace. Instead, the survey conducted contiguous has led to unrest and violence, for which the Uttar Pradesh authorities and medication are wholly responsible. This is highly condemnable. Such actions should person been carried retired peacefully by involving some sides, which was not done,” Mayawati said.

“I particularly entreaty to the radical of Sambhal to support bid and bid successful these challenging times,” she added