Samajwadi Party asks EC to set up webcasts of polling stations for UP Assembly bye-poll

The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to set up webcasts for all polling stations during the upcoming bye-election in Uttar Pradesh’s Milkipur Assembly constituency.

The bye-poll was necessitated after Samajwadi Party’s Awadhesh Prasad resigned as the MLA after being elected to the Lok Sabha in June. His son is the party’s candidate from the constituency.

The voting will be held on February 5 and the counting of votes will take place on February 8.

On Wednesday, the Samajwadi Party submitted a memorandum to the state chief electoral officer seeking a webcast for all 414 polling stations in the Milkipur constituency on polling day.

It added that the link of the webcast should be shared with all poll candidates and recognised political parties to enable them to monitor the voting process and ensure “free, transparent and fearless elections”.

समाजवादी पार्टी, उत्तर प्रदेश
19, विक्रमादित्य मार्ग, लखनऊ
प्रकाशन/प्रसारण हेतु- दिनांकः08.01.2025
समाजवादी पार्टी ने मांग की है कि 273-मिल्कीपुर विधान सभा उप-चुनाव क्षेत्र में 05 फरवरी 2025 को मतदान के दिन सभी 414 पोलिंग स्टेशनों की वेबकास्टिंग कराई जाये व वेबकास्टिंग की… pic.twitter.com/Ec5yS6HXQH

— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) January 8, 2025

The Akhilesh Yadav-led party has repeatedly said that it does not find the Electronic Voting Machines trustworthy.

In December, the Samajwadi Party submitted a memorandum to the poll panel, seeking the release of security camera footage and video recordings…

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