Uttarakhand: Congress targeted the Panchayat elections, said the government is conducting voting in a disaster, democracy is being mocked

Politics has now intensified in Uttarakhand regarding the Panchayat elections. Congress has accused the state government of deliberately postponing the elections and now conducting elections during the disaster.

Political temperature rises in Uttarakhand regarding Panchayat elections

Congress state vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana held a press conference on Tuesday and questioned the intention of the BJP government and called it a tampering with democracy. Dhasmana said that the state government knew in advance that the tenure of panchayats was ending in October-November 2024, despite this, neither delimitation was done on time, nor reservation was fixed nor voter list was prepared.

The government deliberately delayed the election process

Dhasmana alleged that the BJP government deliberately delayed the election process so that an atmosphere could be created according to its political convenience. He also said that when the state is battling natural disasters. Somewhere cloudbursts are happening, somewhere landslides are happening, and movement on many roads has become difficult. Meanwhile, the government has started the election process.

If life is lost in disaster, government will be responsible: Congress

Dhasmana warned that if any person dies during the elections, the entire responsibility will be of the BJP government. Suryakant Dhasmana has also described the government’s argument in the High Court as weak. Dhasmana said that even in the court, the state government has failed to show democratic sensitivity.