This story is from September 18, 2021

Beware of DMs, EVMs in Uttar Pradesh polls: Akhilesh Yadav

Sounding caution for the UP assembly elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said people should beware of EVMs and DMs (district magistrates) as both were misused by the government to influence the results in Bihar assembly elections earlier this year.
Beware of DMs, EVMs in Uttar Pradesh polls: Akhilesh Yadav
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav being felicitated with a sword by the Vishwakarma community supporters on Friday
LUCKNOW: Sounding caution for the UP assembly elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said people should beware of EVMs and DMs (district magistrates) as both were misused by the government to influence the results in Bihar assembly elections earlier this year.
Akhilesh said assembly elections this time will be for saving democracy and accused the BJP of adopting undemocratic means to influence the elections.
“Uttar Pradesh ka chunav, bada chunav hai. Chunav mein EVM aur DM se sawdhan rehna hai. Bihar vidhan sabha chunav mein beimani EVM aur DM ke zariye hui (UP elections will be important elections. In the elections beware of EVMs and DMs. In Bihar assembly polls, EVMs and DMs influenced the results),” he said.
Accusing the BJP of having failed to deliver on all fronts, Akhilesh said it will resort to spreading lies, misinformation and falsehood to cover up BJP governments’ failures.
“After the BJP government came to power in UP, a grand Investors Summit was organised with pomp and show. Government had claimed that hundreds of MoUs have been signed pledging an investment of Rs 4,00,000 crore that would come to UP. It is now time for the government to come out with specific details of the investment it has received. The fact is that not a single big industry has come up in the state since the summit was held,” Akhilesh said at an event organised at the party headquarters on the occasion of Vishwakarma birth anniversary.
Taking a jibe on the recent statement of PM Narendra Modi about the locks manufactured in Aligarh, Akhilesh said: “The PM talked about Aligarh locks but what he did not address was faulty policies and apathy of the BJP which saw small businesses and factories close down and were now lying “locked”. He reiterated SP’s demand of caste census and said it was necessary to decide a balance approach towards welfare schemes for different castes and communities.
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