Lucknow:
By-elections (UP Bypoll Fake Voting) are being held today on 9 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Voting is going on in Mirapur of Muzaffarnagar, Kundarki Ghaziabad, Khair, Karhal, Sisamau, Katehari, Majhwan and Phulpur assembly seats of Moradabad. Allegations of fraud during voting are also being made openly. Fake voting under the guise of burqa has become a big issue. BJP and RLD allege that women voters wearing burqa are being allowed inside without identification. BJP has accused of fake voting under the cover of burqa. He has also appealed to the Election Commission regarding this.
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Allegation of fake voting under the cover of burqa
BJP has written a letter to the Election Commission regarding identification of women voters wearing burqa during voting in Kundarki seat of Moradabad. BJP has alleged that Muslim women voters are casting fake votes under the guise of burqa. Therefore the police should identify them.
‘If there is no identification then fraud will definitely happen’
RLD candidate Mithilesh Pal from Meerapur seat of Muzaffarnagar has also made a similar allegation. Raising the issue of fake voting, he had said that if the voters present in burqa are not identified, then fraud will definitely happen.
RLD candidate from Mirapur
What did BJP write in the letter?
In a letter written to the Election Commission, BJP has written that in the last elections it had come to light that veiled women were seen trying to vote again and again due to not being identified. Not only women, some men also try to do fake voting by wearing burqa. Many times such voters are stopped by polling personnel. If women wearing burqa are allowed to vote without identification then there will be fake voting. Therefore, to ensure fair voting, women wearing burqa and all other voters should be allowed to vote only after ensuring their identity, so that the elections can be fair.
The issue of fake voting was also raised in the Lok Sabha elections.
Even during the Lok Sabha elections, allegations of fake voting were made under the cover of burqa. Political parties had complained to the Election Commission about fake voting under the cover of curtains at many places including Mainpuri, Sambhal and Firozabad. After the complaints received in the third phase, the Election Commission had issued a helpline number. Now a similar case is coming up again.
