BSP national president Mayawati today accused the Uttar Pradesh administration of preventing Dalits from casting their vote in the first phase of elections on Thursday. She also alleged EVM malfunctioning at several places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Describing these developments as the \u201cmurder of democracy\u201d, she demanded that the Election Commission of India addressed the issues. She claimed the administration had used force to prevent Dalits from reaching their polling booths. Also, there were instances of votes being cast for the \u2018elephant\u2019, but the VVPAT displaying the \u2018lotus\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This , she claimed, had occurred at booth No 16 of Kasauli in the Bijnore Lok Sabha constituency. She said even the BSP polling agent\u2019s vote went to the BJP despite him pressing the BSP button. The polling agent complained to the booth officers, who admitted that the machine was faulty, the BSP leader said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWorse, the police used batons and reportedly fired into the air to scare away Dalit voters. Despite these incidents being promptly reported to the district officers no action was taken,\u201d she alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayawati said BSP general secretary Satish Misra immediately spoke to Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha and Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Prakash as well as DGP OP Singh on the \u201cenvironment of fear created by the police.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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