Many heads would roll down following complaints lodged against them with the Election Commission, regarding helping the ruling Party or having reasons to influence the on-going election process. Many political parties have also asked the Commission to change the date of polling on May 7 on the ground that lakhs of voters will not be able to exercise their franchise as they would be participating in 'Urs' at Ajmer Sharif dargah on May 6.
Sources said that in a letter written to Election Commission, Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Atiq Ahmad said that the 'Urs' in Ajmar Sharif is scheduled on May 6 in which lakhs of people from all over the country and his constituency Shravasti would participate."It would be impossible for them to exercise theirfranchise on May 7 as they would not return by this date," Ahmad, a SP lok Sabha candidate from Shravasti said
demanding shifting of poll dates. Other political parties, including Congress and BSP have also made the similar demand. Congress district president, Sangamlal Shilpkar,
Peace Party state president Abdul Mannan, BSP's lok Sabah candidate lalji Verma have also made similar demands to change the poll dates of May 7 citing the same reasons.
Meanwhile during their meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner, VS Sampat, most of the political parties had demanded shifted of several officers posted in the districts whom they accused of working as an Samajwadi Party’s `agent’. Spokesman of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC), RP Singh, claimed that the Party
delegation led by media department chairmen, Satyavrat Tripathi demanded several changes. He claimed that the District Election Officer of Rampur is engaged in a Court
case against the Congress candidate, Nawab Kazim Ali Khan. Other officer who are also party in the case are Superintendent of Police, Sadhna Goswami, CO (City), Aley Hasan and District Minority Officer, RP Singh. Kazim Ali already made a demand to shift the above officers on March 9 last but till now the Commission took no action.
RP Singh further said that Pl Punia, the sitting Member of Parliament (loksabha) from Barabanki has requested for the transfer of CO (ramnagar) Tribhuwan Nath Tripathi, as
he playing the role of an agent of ruling Samajwadi Party in his constituency. Similarly, station house officer of Deoband police station in Saharanpur,BP Jakhar also helping the ruling Party. Congress candidate from Sultanpur, Amita Singh has requested the transfer of the District Magistrate, Sultanpur for his one sided and partition attitude. Similarly Party demanded removal of DIG Range, lucknow, Navneet Sikera, as he is directly related to the family of Chief Minister,Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.
RP Singh further said that the Party also demanded removal of CO (Hazratganj) Dinesh Chandra Yadav, as is also playing the role of an agent of SP. The Banda candidate, Vivek Singh, while demanding deployment of sleuths of the Special Task Force, whom he claimed to be removed by the government just to facilitate victory of SP candidate, Bal Kumar Patel, brother of notorious docait Daduwa, who has been killed in police encounter. He also demanded to remove SP Banda, Arvind Sen as his father Mitresen Yadav, is contesting on SP ticket from Faizabad. Besides Congress, both Bharatiya Janta Party and Bahujan Samajwadi Party along with several other political outfits who met CEC requested to shift all the officers who were still working as ruling party agents.
Meanwhile Umesh Sinha directed all the district magistrates that they should provided all kind of facilities to physically disabled persons. Besides erecting temporary ramps at the polling centers, he directed that the disabled persons should not be forced to stand in queue and that in case of a voter is a blind and needs someone other’s assistance than one person should be allowed to accompany him as per the rules laid down by the Election
Commission. He also requested the voters to carry proper I-cards issued by government, semi-gorvernment, school, colleages, or any other government document which showed identity of a person. He also warned the political parties of illegally using the social media for campaigning and asked that all advertisement should be duly countersigned by the appropriate authority and that the Party or candidate must include the advertisement cost in their total expenditure.