UP Elections Results: Ahead of the results of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Wednesday demanded that Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav be put behind bars for spreading rumors about theft of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Needed.
Speaking to ANI, Harnath Singh Yadav said, “As per the Indian Penal Code (IPC), spreading rumours, misleading the public, giving false information comes under the category of serious offenses and Akhilesh Yadav is committing such crimes indiscriminately.”
“I will demand from the Election Commission that a case should be registered against Akhilesh Yadav for spreading rumors and he should be put behind bars,” he said.
Launching a scathing attack on Akhilesh Yadav, he said, “It is strange to hear about democracy from his mouth as he had crushed all democratic values, ideals, principles of democracy in the entire state during his five-year rule in Uttar Pradesh. Made the whole state hell and was in the grip of mafia and goons.” At the same time, he said that during the tenure of SP, the state government’s funds were looted and rules and regulations were flouted.
The SP chief on Tuesday alleged attempts to “tamper with electronic voting machines”, saying the BJP was scared as his party was winning the Ayodhya assembly seat. He also claimed that a truck carrying voting machines was caught in Varanasi.
He said, “Exit polls want to create an impression that BJP is winning. This is the last battle of democracy. EVMs are being moved without informing the candidates. If EVMs are being transported like this then we have to Need to be careful. This is theft.”
Akhilesh said, “We need to save our votes. We can go to court against it but before that I want to appeal to the people to save democracy.”