Lakhimpur Kheri Viral Video: A stormy Urban Cooperative Bank Management Committee election is brewing in the Uttar Pradesh town of Lakhimpur Kheri. The election, scheduled for October 14, assumes importance as around 12,000 shareholders are set to vote. The process of filing nominations has already started, and election symbols will soon be allotted. However, what could have turned out to be a routine election has now attracted attention in an unsavory brawl between BJP MLA Yogesh Verma and Bar Association President Awadhesh Singh.
Heated Confrontation at the Election Venue
Lakhimpur Kheri MLA Yogesh Verma was slapped by Bar Association President Awadhesh Singh at an election venue on Wednesday as their heated argument escalated. The Lakhimpur Kheri viral Video took over social media and elicited several remarks drawing much attention from the public. Supporters of the MLA Yogesh Verma retaliated against Awadhesh Singh who had slapped him and further heightened the situation. After this Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the police officers at the venue tried to stabilize the situation and thus prevent further violence.
This incident has surfaced at a time when the election process is facing controversies of a growing nature. A letter that surfaced on social media recently claimed to have originated from BJP’s Lakhimpur unit district president Sunil Singh and Lakhimpur Kheri MLA Yogesh Verma, reportedly seeking postponement of the election process. ADM Sanjay Singh sent away the request for a postponement as mere rumor and the election would go on as scheduled.
Controversies Surrounding the Election Process
Things don’t get any simpler as a new charge surfaces of rigging in the manipulation of the list of voters. Members of the election committee have leveled charges against the voter list, claiming it had been torn up deliberately, purportedly to fix the participation thereon. These charges were then fueling even more fire as Verma alleged persons to have been involved directly and indirectly in an attempt at rigging the elections.
Although controversies continued to escalate, ADM Sanjay Singh has revealed that the election is going to be conducted fairly and transparently. He also emphasized the fact that the administration is going to leave no stone unturned to ensure a smooth and impartial election process in which all will have to face the harrowing times in which tensions on the ground have risen to the high. As the election day draws near, everyone’s attention becomes riveted towards Lakhimpur Kheri and sees how the situation turns out and whether the election process can be saved from the swirling controversies.