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| JKNPP demands probe into complaints of irregularities, rigging, violations of MCC in DDC polls | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 29: The activists of J&K National Panthers Party (NPP) today submitted a memorandum in State Election Commission seeking a judicial probe into large scale irregularities, massive rigging and violation of MCC by state and central BJP leaders during the course of DDC polls.
The memorandum reads as under "there have been glaring irregularities and massive rigging in the conduct of elections for DDC in J&K. While the administrative machinery was openly abused by the BJP leadership, there has been tampering with the ballot boxes as well which needs to be probed through a high level agency. Not only are there reports of tampering with the ballot boxes but the strong room in District Udhampur where the said boxes were stored had no roof. No polling agent of Panthers Party was allowed to accompany the ballot boxes upto the strong room.
The same symbols were allotted to more than one candidate for same election. For instance, JKAP was granted the symbol of bat for all constituencies of DDC. And there were candidates for Sarpanch elections who too had been given bat symbol thereby creating huge confusion. This was noticed particularly in Tikri constituency. Likewise tractor symbol was allotted to DSS party, but some Sarpanches too had been given the said symbol. This happened particularly in District Udhampur.
And still the said Ex-MLA was granted immunity from legal action in view of he being a BJP leader. Likewise the BJP leaders openly threatened to stop the Ration supply to BPL/APL families in case they did not vote for BJP. The houseless were threatened that their names from PM Awas Yojana would be deleted in case they did not vote for BJP. Is this what we call as free and fair election? The MCC was brazenly violated by local as well as central BJP leaders with administration's open support particularly in District Udhampur. Repeated requests for re-counting for Tikri, Majalta and Khoon DDC were refused by concerned officials.
Harsh Dev Singh, one of the valid pass holders at DDC Khoon elections was thrown out of the counting hall when he objected to biased approach of counting officials who seemed to be hell-bent to ensure victory of the ruling party candidate. Several votes polled in favour of Panthers Party were included in the bundles of BJP in constituencies like Tikri, Majalta, Khoon, Latti and Udhampur, thereby doing a grave injustice to NPP in violation of principles of fair play and justice. In order to rectify the wrong done to NPP and other opposition parties re-elections need to be held in District Udhampur besides certain constituencies of Kathua, Samba and Reasi Districts which to have reported large scale malpractices having been committed by BJP in collusion with unscrupulous officers". |
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