Samajwadi Party Sets October 7 Protest Against Election Commission, Alleges SIR Irregularities

The Samajwadi Party held its monthly meeting at the party office in Meera Bhawan, Pratapgarh, on Saturday. Preparations for the upcoming Teacher MLC and Graduate MLC elections were discussed in detail during the meeting.

The meeting also focused on the protest programme proposed against the Election Commission on the directions of the national leadership. The programme is scheduled to be held in four phases from October 2 to 8.

Addressing the meeting, the speakers said that all office-bearers and party workers should organise assembly-wise meetings to systematically advance preparations for the Teacher and Graduate MLC elections. They appealed to workers to contact voters in support of the party candidates and ensure voting in their favour.

The SIR process was also discussed at the meeting. Samajwadi Party leaders alleged that there were large-scale irregularities in the Election Commission’s process. They said that in a democratic system, the name of every eligible voter must remain secure in the electoral roll and the voter’s right to vote must be ensured.

Party workers were asked to gather information about the voter list in their respective areas. They were also told to make eligible voters aware of the SIR process.

It was decided during the meeting that a large-scale dharna and protest would be held against the Election Commission on October 7. A memorandum will also be submitted on the occasion.

MLC elections and the proposed protest programme remained the main points of discussion during the meeting. Party leaders stressed the need to take election preparations forward through meetings at the assembly level and to maintain contact with voters.

The meeting was attended by Patti MLA Ramsingh Patel, former MLA Rajkumar Pal, district general secretary Abdul Qadir Jilani, district vice-president Jeetlal Yadav, Ashutosh Pandey, Wasik Khan, Javed Akhtar, Bhinyaaram Patel, Gulfam Khan, Shahre Alam, Sandeep Yadav, Backward Classes president Manish Pal, Anil Yadav, R.K. Bheem, Rambahadur Patel, Ramdhan Yadav, Ahmad Ali, Vineet Yadav, MP media in-charge Waqar Ahmad, Nisar Ahmad, Abdul Hai, Prakashchandra Upadhyay, Jagdish Maurya, Safat Ahmad, Harish Shukla, Ramasare Saroj, Uttam Singh, Sachin Sharma, Sachin Maurya, Mo. Aslam, Kamlesh Saroj, Sonu Yadav, Satyanarayan Yadav, Mo. Sahil and Bhagirathi Yadav, among other leaders.