Lucknow,

06 May (HS): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday questioned

the fairness of the West Bengal Assembly elections and requested that the

Supreme Court take quick cognizance of the electoral process and make video

recordings of vote counting accessible to the public. Why can't vote counting go

live, like judicial proceedings? Yadav stated this during a presser held here. Why

does CCTV not work? What makes them so terrified of it? Our demand is that the

Supreme Court immediately take cognizance of the West Bengal polls and display

a video of the counting in front of the country's people, he stated. In

reference to suspected anomalies, Yadav listed various recent elections and

bypolls in Uttar Pradesh as examples, claiming there were differences

throughout the counting process.

Former

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister argued that happenings in Bengal might be

reproduced on a greater scale in Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections are

scheduled for next year. What

they witnessed in Bengal will be replicated on a larger scale in Uttar Pradesh.

He said that a multi-layered electoral mafia will collaborate, do further

research, and operate in Uttar Pradesh (during the 2027 elections). These guys

have been exposed for what they did in West Bengal, including influencing

elections and changing the political choice, according to Yadav. His words came

after the BJP won a landslide victory in West Bengal, beating the Trinamool

Congress led by Mamata Banerjee. Yadav had backed Banerjee and her party during

the elections. In response to a query about whether he would meet Banerjee,

Yadav stated that he will travel West Bengal. He responded, I will go to Bengal.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi