Lucknow: Almost a week after the Samajwadi party started a campaign throughout Uttar Pradesh to register consumers for 300 free electricity units, the Indian Election Commission had searched for a report on the issue from district election officers.
Confirming the action, an ECI senior official said, “Under the routine process after a written complaint about this problem, ECI has searched for a report from all 75 Deos.” Last Thursday, January 20, Yogesh Somvanshi’s lawyer practiced at Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench wrote a letter to ECI and submitted a complaint to the Jamajwadi Party.
Speaking to Toi, the lawyer said, “No political parties are allowed to satisfy voters and try to affect them illegally to choose them.
The Campaign of the Jamajwadi Party to register consumers for 300 free electricity units every month is corrupt practices as defined in part 123 Representation The People’s Law, 1951.
“It should be mentioned that on January 18, during a press conference at Lucknow the Head of the Jamajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav announced to provide free electricity if it came to power.
The following day after the announcement of the Jamajwadi Party and Social Media cells shared the image and video scores of the person who registered themselves for a free electrical scheme.
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