|
Home
Search
Subscribe Online
Archives
About
Us
Cartoons
Online
Book Store
E-Greetings
Jobs @ MG
Advertise
on MG
Our
Team
Contact Us
Muslim
Matrimonials
Our Advertisers
| |
From majoritarianism to electoral terrorism
By Obaid Nasir
Lucknow: After religious
majoritarianism BJP is now resorting to electoral terrorism in its bid to
again capture power in the crucial state of UP which will ensure the
stability of the Union government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The BJP
is desperate and jittery with the looming defeat in UP assembly elections
and its aftermath and therefore, is leaving no stone unturned to divert
the tide in its favour. For this end it is adopting all the fair and foul
means to win the election.
Chief Minister Rajnath Singh is adopting all the possible tricks for this
purpose. Most dangerous among all his tricks is the tampering of electoral
rolls. The Thakurdwara assembly case which the MG has reported in detail
was just a tip of iceberg. More such cases are coming to fore and a
pandora’s box has been opened which is putting the entire electoral
exercise at stake
In Thakurdwara assembly segment names of 16 thousand Muslim voters were
deleted from the electoral list and the names of about 21 thousand Hindu
voters were added. The matter was brought to light by Begum Noor Bano and
the Election Commission after thorough probe had ordered the suspension of
one senior IAS ,3 PCS and two revenue officers. It was the first ever case
of tampering the voters list on communal lines. And on such a big scale!
Now another case has been brought to light by former defence minister and
Samajwadi party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav this time in Ayodhya in
Faizabad district, the nerve centre of Ram Mandir movement and the birth
place of Lord Rama.
Mulayam Singh Yadav has disclosed that about 85000 additional voters have
been added in the electoral list of Ayodhya assembly constituency. All
these voters belong to Hindu community. Even Raja Ram Chandra (Lord Rama)
has also been made a voter in his birth place. Mulayam Singh Yadav
produced a photo copy of voters list of Ayodhya which shows several houses
having 1718, 1314, 2279 and 1711 voters!
There has been an abnormal increase in the voters list of Faizabad
assembly segment too and ninety percent increase has been registered in
the number of Hindu voters whereas the Muslim population in Faizabad city
is more than thirty percent. According to the details provided by Mulayam
Singh Yadav to the press while Ayodhya has registered an increase of 84650
voters, Bikapur has registered an increase of 23740 voters, Sohawal 33292
and Milkipur 32448 voters in the last eight years. Here too the proportion
of Hindu voters is much higher than Muslim voters. In Faizabad assembly
segment 20 polling stations have registered an increase of 17500 voters
out of which only 690 are Muslims. Mr Yadav has lodged a complaint with
the Election Commission and has provided all the necessary documentary
proofs to the commission which has ordered an enquiry by an officer of OSD
rank.
Mulayam Singh Yadav has charged that Rajnath Singh is resorting to fudging
of electoral list as a last ditch effort to save his government as all his
tricks have failed. Rajnath Singh on the basis of this mass scale
tampering in the electoral list is making the tall claims that BJP will
come back to power after next election, Mr Yadav said.
On the other hand Mr. Ram Sharan Das the state President of Samajwadi
party and Mr. Ahmad Hasan leader of opposition (Samajwadi Party) in the
Legislative Council have alleged that the government has resorted to mass
scale tampering in the electoral list in Sultanpur district also, a city
bordering Faizabad. According to the list provided by these two leaders
there are some voters whose name and father’s name is zero and their age
is 125 years and in another case it is 115 years. This is the latest
technique perfected by Rajnath Singh to win his losing electoral battle in
the coming assembly polls. Mr. Ahmad Hasan said that after his MBC card
recruitment drive and communal agenda has flopped Rajnath Singh is
resorting to such petty political game but he cannot save his party from
rout as people have seen their ugly face. This matter has also been
referred to the Election Commission by both these leaders.
On the complaint of Samajwadi Party the Election Commission of India has
ordered a probe which will be conducted by CM Misra an OSD in the UP
Election Directorate. The Commission has assured that if the complaint is
found to be genuine action will be taken against the guilty officers as in
case of Thakurdwara.
Another example of electoral terrorism was when the photographs for
Electoral Identity Card in Muslim dominated areas of Lucknow were taken
the very next day five Muslims were gunned down in Lucknow. Naturally most
Muslims could not get their photo identity cards. q |
Subscribe
Now: MG needs your support
|
