Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday cast his vote for the ongoing election at the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat at Abhinav Vidyalaya in Saifai in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah.
The voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri Lok Sabha Assembly Seat was recorded 7.08 per cent till 9 am on Monday, the Election Commission of India said.
Voting began at 7 am in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Voting for the by-elections for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh began today at 7 am.
Voting for by-elections for Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is underway.
A day ahead of the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) president Shivpal Singh Yadav on Sunday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sabotaging the Lok Sabha by-polls as drones are being used to monitor his party workers and his home.
Assistant District Election Officer, Mainpuri, Ram Mishra said that the state police, Provincial Armed Constabulary, and paramilitary forces have been deployed.
"Samajwadi Party is going to win elections in Mainpuri. Whenever BJP faces defeat they come up with false allegations against us. Election Commission will make sure that fair elections are conducted," he said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that 'Samajwad' is no longer the same as founded by Jayaprakash Narayan or Ram Manohar Lohia instead, it has new faces like the 'Lathait Samajwad', 'Poonji' and 'Awsarwadi Samajwad' and they are all like a family.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav will turn old but will never get the power, Tourism and Culture Minister of Uttar Pradesh Jaiveer Singh said on Friday reacting to the former's alleged jibe at the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak.
Ahead of the Mainpuri Lok Sabha by-election, the Samajwadi Party has demanded the Election Commission to send a team of high-level officials of the Commission to the constituency and conduct the poll under their supervision.