The tenure of the present Haryana Vidhan Sabha ends on November 3. (File)
Chandigarh:
The Haryana unit of the ruling BJP has written to the Election Fee requesting a quick postponement of the meeting ballot slated for October 1, citing holidays earlier than and after the election date that might result in a decrease voter turnout.
Whereas the opposition Congress and the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) slammed the BJP, claiming that the ruling get together was panicking because it might sense defeat, Abhay Chautala’s INLD too sought the deferment of polls.
A Haryana BJP chief on Saturday mentioned the letter was despatched by the get together’s state unit chief Mohan Lal Badoli to the ballot panel.
Haryana’s Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal confirmed that the fee obtained a replica of the communication on Friday over e mail.
“We’ve got obtained the communication from state BJP and forwarded it to the Election Fee,” Agarwal informed PTI.
Varinder Garg, a member of the BJP’s state election administration committee, mentioned, “We’ve got reasoned that the Meeting election date of October 1 (Tuesday) is preceded by a weekend and adopted by extra holidays which could hit the voting share as folks are likely to go on trip on lengthy weekends.” Varinder Garg mentioned September 28-29 are Saturday and Sunday whereas October 1 is a ballot vacation. It’s adopted by extra holidays as Gandhi Jayanti falls on October 2 and Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti on October 3, he mentioned.
“We’ve got written to the Election Fee on this regard. For a greater turnout, any new date as soon as the string of holidays is over must be high quality,” Varinder Garg informed PTI over the cellphone.
By taking a day’s go away on September 30, folks can have six holidays. Because of this lengthy weekend, there’s a robust chance that a number of households would possibly go on a trip and provides voting a miss, Mohan Lal Badoli mentioned in his letter to the EC.
If it occurs, the voting share would cut back drastically, he added.
Mohan Lal Badoli additionally mentioned that on ‘Asoj Amavasya’ on October 2, a number of members of the Bishnoi group of Haryana will go away for Nokha tehsil of Bikaner in Rajasthan to take part in an annual honest held on the event.
This can also have an effect on the voting share, he additional mentioned.
Mohan Lal Badoli wrote that it has been the continual effort of the EC to make sure that the utmost variety of folks train their franchise to strengthen democracy.
Due to this fact, it could be applicable that the date mounted for voting for the Haryana Meeting election be modified. Whereas figuring out a recent date for the election, it must be made sure that there isn’t a vacation the earlier or the next day, he wrote.
We consider that if the EC does this, an increasing number of voters will have the ability to take part within the election, he wrote.
Mohan Lal Badoli, in his letter, additionally talked about that previously the date of polling has been modified by the EC. For instance, the date declared for voting in Punjab Meeting elections — February 14, 2022 — was modified to February 20, 2022, as a consequence of Sant Ravidas Jayanti on February 16.
In 2022, the then Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the BJP and its allies, and the BSP had urged the ballot panel to postpone the date of voting as lakhs of followers of Guru Ravidas journey to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to have a good time the day.
Nevertheless, Congress chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda mentioned the BJP’s stand exhibits that it has already accepted defeat.
It has been greater than every week because the Election Fee introduced the ballot date. The BJP desires the polls to be deferred because it has accepted defeat, Bhupinder Hooda, who’s Chief of the Opposition and former chief minister of Haryana, mentioned.
Polls must be held in response to the date mounted by the EC… Individuals of Haryana do not need to see the BJP authorities in energy even for a day, he mentioned.
Bhupinder Hooda’s son and Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda whereas referring to Mohan Lal Badoli’s letter, mentioned, “It exhibits how scared the BJP is of the elections”.
The BJP is looking at defeat and is due to this fact arising with such infantile arguments. It has no points, work or achievements to point out to the folks and no candidates to distribute the tickets. This is the reason the BJP is conspiring to postpone the elections by giving an excuse for holidays, Deepender Hooda mentioned in Hindi on X.
The voters of Haryana are conscious. They won’t go wherever for a vacation, however will come to the polling sales space in giant numbers to vote out the BJP authorities, he added.
The AAP’s Haryana unit mentioned even earlier than the elections happened, the ruling BJP had began in search of excuses because it might sense its impending defeat within the election.
In a submit on X, the AAP mentioned if the BJP had achieved work within the state, it could not have been looking for postponement of polls. This time the BJP’s defeat is for certain, it mentioned.
In the meantime, Indian Nationwide Lok Dal’s (INLD) Chautala mentioned the polling date must be postponed by one or two weeks.
Since folks often go on holidays on lengthy weekends, it’s going to adversely have an effect on the voting share which is more likely to lower by 15 to twenty per cent, Chautala mentioned.
The EC on August 16 introduced that meeting polls in Haryana can be held in a single section on October 1 and the outcomes can be declared on October 4.
The BJP is eyeing a 3rd consecutive time period whereas the Congress is seeking to wrest energy from the ruling outfit.
The tenure of the present Haryana Vidhan Sabha ends on November 3.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
