Just before the counting of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has accused the counting of irregularities. He has also told the prediction of BJP’s victory in the exit polls as a part of it. Akhilesh Yadav, while holding a press conference in Lucknow on Tuesday evening, said that this is the last battle of democracy and now revolution will have to be done for change.
Alleging that EVMs and ballot papers were missing in Varanasi, Bareilly and Sonbhadra, Akhilesh Yadav said, “If you want to move EVMs, at least you should be aware of the candidates. The Chief Minister and the Principal Secretary are calling from place to place. They got scared the day it came in the news that somewhere the park is being cleaned, somewhere the house is being cleaned. There is anger against BJP on the ground.
Akhilesh Yadav said about the prediction of BJP’s victory in the exit polls, “We want to create a perception from the exit polls that BJP is winning. So that even if you steal, you will not know that it has been stolen. If we have voted then I will tell the youth, farmers and common people that it is our responsibility to save the vote. Where will democracy go if votes are not counted? This is the last battle of democracy. After that the people will have to make a revolution. Only then will change come.
Akhilesh Yadav said, “That’s why I ask the people of my party to come forward with true honest soldiers, officers, journalists and stand for saving democracy. Keep an eye on it until the counting is done. Where the machines are kept, no one should come and go. This is a time of danger for democracy. The party which lost, now it is in its bus what they are going to do. Now EVMs have been caught, officials will give some excuse or the other. After all, why aren’t you going with the Force? Incident has happened in Banaras, in Bareilly three sealed boxes have been caught in a garbage cart. Around 500 ballot papers were seized. Incident has also happened in Sonbhadra. Will the government give clarification? DM is getting calls from Lucknow that from where BJP is losing, the counting should be slow and results will come by night.