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In a letter addressed to the Central Election Authority (CEA) chief Madhusudan Mistry, Salman Soz, chief election agent for Tharoor has alleged that the election process in UP is “devoid of credibility and integrity” and a challenge to the authority of the CEA.
Here are the major allegations brought forward by the Tharoor camp in the letter to Madhusudan Mistry:
Tap to expand and read moreUse of unofficial seals for ballot boxes
Tharoor camp has alleged “lack of proper sealing mechanism” for ballot boxes. In UP, ballot boxes were sealed without the “white plastic tag with serial number,” the letter said. When raised with election officials, the team was assured that proper seal will be applied later, and claimed that the CEC office has only sent “unofficial plastic seals.”
The team also shared photos of the so called “unofficial seals” used in ballot boxes in UP.
Presence of unofficial persons in booths
Three additional persons apart from polling staff, including Omveer Yadav, a proposer for Mallikarjun Kharge, were present inside the polling area in UP, the letter alleges.
“We don’t have to tell you what they were doing inside the polling booth. They were certainly not there to promote the candidacy of our candidate,” it further said.
Votes of delegates who were not in Lucknow on polling day were also cast, the letter alleges, adding that many genuine voters have complained they were unable to vote as their votes have been cast already.
On raising the matter with poll staff, “supporters of the other side would come inside the polling booth and create a ruckus and start threatening our polling agents,” it said.
“AICC secretaries who are in-charges of Uttar Pradesh but belong to different states were present in Lucknow at the PCC headquarters and visiting different booths,” the letter said.
It questions what these voters were doing in a state where they could not exercise their voting rights. The letter even names Pradeep Narwal, Tauqeer Alam and Dheeraj Gurjar and says they were “influencing” voters with their presence, while some other senior leaders were observed “instructing voters to vote on a certain way.”
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