Sitapur (UP), Jan 24 (PTI) The Samajwadi Party has written to the Election Commission urging that the Superintendent of Police of Sitapur and SHO of Kotwali Dehat be transferred with immediate effect for alleged bias.

In a statement issued here, the SP's state unit chief Naresh Uttam Patel alleged that the officers were exerting pressure on village pradhan, panchayat members and others to vote for the ruling BJP.

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This has created fear in the mind of citizens and the election is getting affected, he claimed.

The party in the statement demanded that the officers be transferred with immediate effect so that free, fair and impartial polls can be held. PTI NAV

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