BJP has demanded the removal of the director general of police Javeed Ahmed and the chief secretary Rahul Bhatnagar from the Election commission. BJP said free and fair elections in UP was not possible without the removal of the two officers. The full Election commission arrived here on Wednesday and met the representatives of the different political parties.
The representatives of the ruling Samajwati party and Rashtriya lok Dal and submitted their respective memorandums to the poll panle.
Rajendra Chowdhary spokesman of the Samajwadi party met the election commission and demanded curbs on the BJP. He accused the BJP of spreading communal hatred in the state and demanded from the Election commission to prevent the BJP from creating conditions of communal polarisation. He said the Samajwadi party demanded from the Election commission to take appropriate measures to prevent the intimidation of voters and ensure free and fair elections in the state.
A BJP delegation led by its national general secretary Bhupendra Yadav met the EC and demanded the removal of the top police official, the DGP. He said Javeed Ahmed was appointed to the top post after super ceding 10 senior IPS officers. He said the anti social elements and the criminals patronised by the Samajwadi party are ruling the roost in the state and the police has ignored their activities. BJP alleged that obstacles are being created by the police and the district administration officials in the issuance of the permission of the campaign and organising election meetings. The BJP leader said the permission are being deliberately delayed and the party leaders are made to run from pillar to post for obtaining the permission.
BJP also raised the issue of the exodus of the Hindus from the towns of the West UP districts like Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut and Saharanpur. The BJP leader said the Election Commission has so far done nothing for providing safety and security to the members of the Hindu community who migrated from those areas to enable them to cast their votes. The BJP leader said the Allahabad high court has also taken cognisance of the exodus of Hindu community from West UP towns and has directed the state government to file a detailed report on the incident. Rashtriya lok Dal demanded the deployment of the central para military forces at all the polling booths in the state to ensure free and fair polling in the state. The RlD delegation led by party spokesman Anil Dube said all the police and district administration officers having proximity with the Samajwadi Party leaders be removed from the election and related duties. He demanded from the EC to take effective measures to prevent the use of the black money in the election and also take effective measures to curb the attempts by the political parties offering inducement to the voters.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Naseem Zaidi along with two other Election Commissioners and officials arrived here on Wednesday on two day visit to review the poll preparedness of 122 assembly seats going to polls in the third and fourth phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh on February 19 and 23. The full Election Commission after meeting the representatives of the political parties held meeting with the nodal officers of different enforcement agencies followed by meeting with the state chief secretary and other senior state officials. On Thursday the EC would review the poll preparedness with the district officials of the 25 districts going to polls in third and fourth phase. In the meeting all DMs, SPs, Divisional Commissioners, DIGs and IGs of these 25 districts would be present. later at CEC will address a press conference before leaving for New Delhi on Thursday.