Lucknow: Vote casting got here to an finish amid sporadic undesirable incidents right through the by-elections to Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh hung on Thursday. The polling was once 39.02 p.c in Rampur and 48.58 p.c in Azamgarh. On the identical time, the Samajwadi Birthday party has complained to the Election Fee accusing the management of looking to affect the vote casting in each the districts. Vote casting for Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha seats started at 7 am and ended at 6 pm.
A complete of 57.56 p.c votes had been solid in Azamgarh and 63.19 p.c in Rampur within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In a tweet made by way of its professional care for, the SP, from all of the polling stations of Gopalpur, Sagdi, Mubarakpur, Azamgarh and Mehnagar meeting constituencies of Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency, allegedly underneath conspiracy with the aim of rigging the vote casting on the behest of the ruling BJP. Sales space agent has been accused of being thrown out. The birthday party has additionally demanded motion from the Election Fee towards the erring policemen, alleging that the police burdened SP staff in Tanda and Daryal spaces of Swar meeting constituency in order to influencing polling in Rampur.
Former Leader Minister Akhilesh Yadav in a commentary has accused the BJP of misuse of energy within the Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha by-elections. Yadav claimed that the BJP govt left no stone unturned in misuse of energy within the Lok Sabha bypolls in Azamgarh and Rampur and a wide variety of boundaries had been erected to persuade vote casting. There’s information of uproar at a polling position in Bilaspur, Rampur. Indignant other folks created a ruckus over the alleged indecency of an aged guy who had come right here to solid his vote. Minister of State within the State Executive, Baldev Singh Aulakh reached the spot and pacified the offended other folks by way of persuading them.
The Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha seats fell vacant after the MPs of the primary opposition SP, Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan, had been elected to the meeting and resigned from the Lok Sabha. The ruling BJP want to give a jolt to the SP in those spaces, which can be regarded as its strongholds, by way of profitable the by-elections. On the identical time, the SP is making an attempt laborious to stay each its sturdy ‘forts’ protected. Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha constituencies are regarded as to be sturdy strongholds of SP. Sooner than Akhilesh Yadav from Azamgarh seat, his father Mulayam Singh Yadav was once an MP. Due to this fact, the by-election in this seat is an issue of status for the SP.
Alternatively, Rampur has lengthy been ruled by way of Azam Khan and SP has entrusted the Rampur Lok Sabha by-election to him. BJP has as soon as once more fielded Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirhua’ within the by-election being hung on Azamgarh seat. On the identical time, SP has made former MP Dharmendra Yadav its candidate from Badaun. While, Bahujan Samaj Birthday party (BSP) has wager on former MLA Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali.
Yadav and Muslim citizens have an important affect in Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Right here Yadav citizens represent 21 in step with cent, whilst Muslim citizens represent just about 15 in step with cent. As well as, 20 in step with cent Dalits and 18 in step with cent Different Backward Categories (OBC) non-Yadav citizens are provide. Within the Lok Sabha elections held within the yr 2019, SP and BSP contested the elections in alliance. At the moment SP President Akhilesh Yadav had defeated BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirhua’ by way of 3 lakh 61 thousand votes in Azamgarh.
On the identical time, there are greater than 17 lakh citizens in Rampur Lok Sabha constituency. 50 p.c of the citizens of the world are Hindu and about 49 p.c of the citizens are Muslim. Within the Lok Sabha elections held within the yr 2019, SP candidate Azam Khan defeated BJP candidate Jaya Prada by way of an enormous margin of 1 lakh 9 thousand 997 votes. Within the Rampur Lok Sabha by-election, there may be an immediate contest between Asim Raja of SP and Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi of BJP. Lodhi has been just about Azam Khan up to now. He just lately joined BJP.