Uttar Pradesh : EVM tampering made in Lucknow? Spaniards cut the ruckus, recovered Plas, Screwdriver and Locks from RO’s car
The SPs created a lot of ruckus during the day on Monday at the Ramabai rally site in Lucknow. It happened that when the returning officer of the Central Assembly constituency reached the inspection, the driver kept taking the vehicle inside. In return, candidate Ravidas Mehrotra and other workers surrounded the vehicle. Took out the toolkit kept in the car. Simultaneously, allegations of tampering of EVMs started. As the commotion escalated, the District Election Officer sent the ADM administration on the spot. The administration team showed all the candidates that all EVMs are safe in the strong room. It was alleged on behalf of the SP that Plas, screwdriver and cloth and lacquer (which gives a seal) etc. have been recovered from the vehicle of an SDM level officer. He had reached the strong room built in Ambedkar Park. After this, the SPs brought the matter into discussion by making serious allegations. After the matter came to light, SP workers raised slogans. At the same time, the police also appeared on the spot.
According to the administration, all the returning officers have to regularly inspect the strong room located at the rally site. On Monday, the returning officer and ACM Govind Maurya of the Central Vidhan Sabha constituency went inside the car. In such a situation, the candidates monitoring the EVM strong room got furious. As soon as he got out, he surrounded his car. ADM Administration and Deputy District Election Officer Amarpal Singh explained everything on the spot. The seal outside the strong room was seen.
Notice issued
Deputy District Election Officer ADM Administration Amarpal Singh issued notice to ACM Returning Officer Govind Maurya for unnecessary dispute. Also sent a report to the Election Commission.
सरकार द्वारा जिस तरह से लोकतंत्र की हत्या की जा रही है वह अत्यंत दुःखद और दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है।लखनऊ के रमाबाई मैदान के स्ट्रांग रूम से EVM मशीन के साथ छेड़खानी की जा रही है। बसपा इस मामले का पुरजोर विरोध करती है। चुनाव आयोग इस मामले को संज्ञान में लेकर जल्द से जल्द कार्यवाही करे।
— Satish Chandra Misra (@satishmisrabsp) February 28, 2022
Election Commission should take action: Satish Chandra
BSP National General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra has said that EVMs are being tampered with from the strong room of Ramabai Maidan in Lucknow. The Election Commission should take cognizance of this matter and take action at the earliest. He also expressed his protest by tweeting on Monday. BSP Lucknow North Vidhan Sabha candidate Mo Sarwar Malik also reached the spot and sat on a dharna. After making a ruckus for a long time, the magistrate got him confirmed that the EVMs are safe in all the strong rooms.
Strong room on screen
District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash, understanding the concern of the candidates, directed that the CCTV cameras installed in the strong room should be connected to an LCD screen. With this, candidates will be able to see the status of EVMs continuously.
Don’t slack off until you count! – Akhilesh Yadav
लखनऊ में सभी के लिए प्रतिबंधित ईवीएम स्ट्रांग रूम में एक सरकारी अधिकारी के घुसने का प्रयास बेहद गंभीर मामला है।
सपा-गठबंधन के सभी प्रत्याशियों, पदाधिकारियों और कार्यकर्ताओं से अपील है कि वो सभी जगह ईवीएम स्ट्रांग रूम की निगरानी बढ़ा दें।
जब तक गिनवाई नहीं-तब तक ढिलाई नहीं! pic.twitter.com/pCd3qe7zJ3
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 1, 2022
Akhilesh Yadav has appealed to Samajwadi workers for the safety of EVMs through a tweet. Akhilesh tweeted a photo of the lock, hammer and chisel, writing that, ‘A government official’s attempt to enter the EVM strong room restricted to all in Lucknow is a very serious matter. There is an appeal to all the candidates, office bearers and workers of the SP-Alliance to increase the surveillance of EVM strong rooms everywhere. Don’t slack off until you count!’
Let us inform that on Monday, there was a ruckus when the government vehicle reached near the strong room at Rama Bai Ambedkar site in Lucknow. Samajwadi Party workers, who were monitoring the EVM strong room at the Rama Bai Ambedkar site, staged a protest, accusing them of taking vehicles in the restricted area. It was also alleged that locks, hammer and chisel were found in the government vehicle. Ravidas Mehrotra, former minister and candidate of Lucknow Central region of SP, had called it a conspiracy.
SP workers are busy monitoring the Rama Bai Ambedkar site in Lucknow since the polling. Every day a Vidhan Sabha is given the responsibility of monitoring. On Monday, the workers of Lucknow Central Assembly constituency were put under surveillance. Many activists, including Ravidas Mehrotra and District President Jai Singh Jayant, were enraged when an official reached there in a government vehicle. Activists said that this is a restricted area where the officials reached with a vehicle. There was also a scuffle between the officer and the workers regarding this.
