India News | Conspiracy Being Hatched to Help BJP Workers Win Cooperative Committees' Elections: Samajwadi Party
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday complained to the State Cooperative Election Commission, alleging that a conspiracy is being hatched to make BJP workers win the cooperative committees' elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Lucknow, Mar 14 (PTI) The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday complained to the State Cooperative Election Commission, alleging that a conspiracy is being hatched to make BJP workers win the cooperative committees' elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Nomination papers for the cooperative committees' polls were filed on Tuesday and the election, if needed, is scheduled for March 18.
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SP's chief spokesperson Rajendra Chowdhary said party's state president Naresh Uttam Patel has made a complaint to the Uttar Pradesh State Cooperative Election Commission alleging that nomination papers were not provided in various districts including Etawah, Mainpuri, Lakhimpur, Sitapur, Azamgarh, Allahabad, Jaunpur and Jhansi.
Uttam alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched by the BJP to install its workers unopposed in cooperative committees.
"Most of the election officials in the districts were not present on the spot and nomination papers were also not given. Apart from this, the election officials did even pick up the phone calls," he said.
The Samajwadi Party demanded that nomination papers should be made available for cooperative elections in various districts and officers and employees allegedly obstructing the nomination process should be punished.
Chowdhary said that the party has demanded fixing a new date for filling nominations and sending observers for free and fair elections.
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