Prayagraj: Leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday accused local police and administration of harassing the party candidates, their proposers and supporters and forcing them to roll back their nominations.
A delegation of party leaders and workers also met with the election observer and demanded free and fair block pramukh polls in the 23 blocks of the district.
SP district president Yogesh Chandra Yadav alleged, BJP men have forcibly occupied the certificates of the majority of kshetra panchayat members and these panchayat members are being forced to vote in favour of BJP candidates.
He further demanded that the Election Commission (EC) must allow the Aadhaar card as an alternative for kshetra panchayat members for identification for free and fair polls. They said that panchayat members should be allowed to cast their vote after showing their Aadhaar card.
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PRAYAGRAJ: The candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) filed nomination papers for the post of ‘block pramukh’ in 23 and 21 blocks, respectively, of the Prayagraj district at the block development offices concerned.
The nomination process began at 11am and candidates filed their nomination till 3am. Adequate security arrangements were made at all 23 block offices concerned and candidates were asked to follow Covid-19 protocols strictly. The polling will be held on July 10.
District authorities, meanwhile, informed that a total of 60 candidates filed their nominations at 23 blocks and one of them was rejected in Kaudhiyara block.
With this, a total of 59 candidates including Meja (3), Urwa (2), Baharia (3), Koraon (3), Jasra (2), Bahadurpur (4), Saidabad (3), Kaudhiyara (2), Karchana (2),Mauaima (2), Dhanupur (2), Kaurihar (4), Soroan (3), Handia (4), Manda (2), Pratappur (2), Phulpur (3), Shankargarh (2), Chaka (2), Holagarh
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