BJP lost Bankipur, Datia bypolls deliberately to mislead on EVMs: Akhilesh
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP of intentionally losing recent bypolls in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh to manipulate public perception regarding EVM integrity. He claims the BJP avoided its usual election tactics to create a false narrative that the electoral process is beyond reproach.
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This highlights ongoing political tensions in India regarding the transparency of the electoral process and the use of electronic voting machines.
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the BJP deliberately lost the recent assembly bypolls in Bihar's Bankipur and Madhya Pradesh's Datia to create the impression that elections could not be questioned and to blunt the opposition's criticism of the electoral process.Addressing a Brahmin Sammelan organised at the SP's state headquarters on the birth anniversary of veteran socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra, Yadav claimed the ruling party had intentionally avoided using the "model" it allegedly adopted during elections in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal."The BJP deliberately lost these bypolls because it wanted to check whether elections could be won without dishonesty. It did not adopt in Bankipur and Datia the model that it had adopted in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
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