BJP’s Akash Saxena smashes Azam Khan’s stronghold, wins Rampur Sadar

On Thursday, December 8, for the primary time, the Rampur Sadar meeting seat has been received by a Hindu candidate. BJP candidate Akash Saxena inflicted a crushing defeat on Samajwadi Party candidate Mohammed Asim Raja, breaching the stronghold of SP’s controversial chief Azam Khan. The historic feat has been achieved after 70 years and 20 meeting elections.

Akash Saxena acquired 80964 votes, accounting for 61.95% of the full votes forged. Asim Raja of the SP needed to accept 47262 votes.

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After the outcomes had been introduced, the Samajwadi candidate blamed the Rampur police for his defeat. While chatting with native media, Asim Raja claimed that 70% votes had been stolen within the bypoll. He alleged that the Rampur police forcibly stopped individuals from voting. “Elections were held in Rampur on December 5, and we had previously stated that elections had not taken place in Rampur,” he stated. 

रामपुर : भाजपा प्रत्याशी आकाश सक्सेना की जीत निश्चित सपा प्रत्याशी आसीम राजा ने कहा हम हारे तो रामपुर पुलिस को यह जीत मुबारक।

खाकी के लोगो ने दंडडो से वोटरों को वोट डालने नही दजिये है।

रामपुर पुलिस ने कैप्चर किया चुनाव। #Rampur @samajwadiparty @yadavakhilesh pic.twitter.com/Dnoqj47Gzb

— Anaadi TV UP (@anaadi_up) December 8, 2022

The SP candidate additionally accused police of sales space capturing. “Police did not allow Rampur residents to vote in any of the city’s 200 polling stations. Booths have been looted. Only 20% of the vote was cast in 252 polling places. All of the booths outside of the city and village were captured. There has been 50-70-80% voting. All the booths were captured. 2.25 lakh voters were denied the right to vote. Only 45,000 votes were cast, and many of them were cast by police officers. The counting has begun. However, in the city where the SP had a stronghold, where the total vote was 70%, they were not allowed to vote,” Asim Raja claimed.

However, no such instances have been reported and elections had been held peacefully.

Notably, Bypoll on the Rampur Sadar seat was necessitated after Azam Khan was sentenced to 3 years in jail in a hate speech case, and consequently disqualified as MLA. Due to his conviction, Azam Khan can’t contest elections for the following 6 years.