UP urban local body elections: Akhilesh Yadav says ‘fake’ Aadhaar cards are used to cast votes

Kannauj (UP): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that fake Aadhaar cards were used to cast votes in the recent urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh and this also makes the BJP’s victory “fake”. Speaking to reporters in Talgram town, the SP chief alleged that officials were working at the behest of BJP leaders during the elections. He also congratulated SP candidate Mohsin Khan alias Janu for his victory from Talgram Nagar Panchayat.

The BJP won all 17 seats in the mayoral elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Claiming to have found thousands of fake Aadhaar cards in Kannauj, Yadav said, “When Aadhaar cards are fake, votes are also fake and then BJP’s victory is also fake.”

He alleged that during the election some officials were working at the behest of the BJP.

Without naming anyone, he claimed that a woman legislator from the ruling party had visited polling booths and cast bogus votes.

In Chandauli, Yadav claimed, a transgender candidate won but the result was changed. However, the actual result was restored after the transgender people chased the officers with lathis, he said.

He said, “Votes were looted openly from Kannauj to Mainpuri. Just like transgender people in Chandauli saved democracy by raising sticks, similarly everyone has to be ready to save democracy.”

The urban local body elections were held in two phases – on May 4 and May 11 – to elect 17 mayors and 1,401 corporators. According to the State Election Commission, nineteen corporators were elected unopposed.

Responding to a question on the Karnataka elections, Yadav said the people of the state are the winners.

“BJP always does politics of hatred, but people have defeated it in Karnataka. People have voted against price rise,” he said.