The girl’s physique was present in a sack hours after she went lacking
Lucknow:
A 23-year-old Dalit lady’s physique present in a sack in Uttar Pradesh’s Karhal constituency this morning has sparked a political storm after her household alleged {that a} native Samajwadi Celebration employee had been pressuring her in opposition to voting for BJP within the bypolls being held right this moment.
Police stated Prashant Yadav and Mohan Katheria have been arrested in a case registered on a grievance by the girl’s father. “The dad and mom of the girl have stated the accused killed her as a result of she wished to vote for the BJP,” Mainpuri district police chief Vinod Kumar stated.
The sufferer’s father alleged that Prashant Yadav got here to their dwelling three days again and requested her which social gathering she would vote for. She replied she would vote ‘lotus’ — BJP’s image — as a result of her household obtained a house below the PM Awas Yojana. Yadav then threatened her and requested her to vote for ‘cycle’ — the Samajwadi Celebration’s election image, the girl’s father alleged.
The BJP has launched a scathing assault on the Samajwadi Celebration over the girl’s loss of life.
“At Karhal in Mainpuri district, Samajwadi Celebration’s Prashant Yadav and his aides brutally murdered a Dalit daughter solely as a result of she refused to vote for ‘cycle’,” state BJP chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary stated in a put up on X.
Samajwadi social gathering’s Karhal candidate Tej Pratap Yadav stated there have to be an intensive probe and the responsible should face powerful punishment. Celebration spokesperson Rajendra Choudhary informed PTI, “It is a conspiracy to defame the Samajwadi Celebration by the BJP, which regularly engages in such actions. This has nothing to do with the SP.”
Individually, the social gathering’s deal with on ‘X’ put up a put up, alleging that police have been intimidating voters in Karhal within the identify of patrolling.
The allegations surrounding the girl’s loss of life come amid an enormous blame recreation between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Samajwadi Celebration as 9 Meeting constituencies in Uttar Pradesh vote in right this moment’s bypolls. These seats — Katehari, Karhal, Mirapur, Ghaziabad, Majhawan, Sisamau, Khair, Phulpur and Kundarki — have been vacated after the sitting MLAs have been elected to Lok Sabha. Actually, it was Akhilesh Yadav who represented Karhal within the Meeting earlier than being elected to Lok Sabha as Kannauj MP.
Since this morning, Mr Yadav has been accusing the state administration and police of blocking voters and urged individuals to not return with out casting their vote. The BJP, alternatively, has stated the Samajwadi Celebration is aware of it’s shedding and its allegations replicate its frustration.