Akhilesh accuses EC for the party’s failure in the polls

Lucknow 18 August : Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav blamed on Thursday the Election Commission (EC) for his partys loss in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, and by-polls.

"The EC was dishonest.

It was unable to listen to voices from the Opposition.A large amount of votes were taken off the electoral rolls.

In Rampur, Samajwadi Party workers were not allowed to vote, while in Azamgarh red cards were handed out to Samajwadi Party workers.Was the EC asleep? It did not pay attention to our concerns," he said.Yadav demanded the body that conducts the elections to improve its performance.

In a conversation with a select of of journalists, he further said that the shift in the political landscape in Bihar is a "positive signal and he hopes for a viable alternative to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is created in the 2024 elections for parliament.He declared that the Allies of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh were not satisfied with the partys policies and were likely to dissociate themselves from the saffron-based party in the near future.

Yadav said that his party is focused on restructuring and strengthening its structure and will hold an annual national convention in the coming year.Concerning the role of his party in the creation of an alternative to the government, Yadav declared: "Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well as Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar are working on the idea.Our primary focus on the moment of the moment is to strengthen the power of our party in the state." amita/pgh .