Security to Sharad Yadav during poll: JD-U to EC
New Delhi, Apr 17: Strongly protesting against the denial of security cover to Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav, a party delegation is going to meet the Election Commission today demanding that he be provided adequate security during campaigning in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
A party delegation led by JD(U) General Secretary Shambhu Shrivastava would meet Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswamy in this regard this evening.
Earlier, Mr Shrivastava wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner taking strong exception to the incident on Saturday when Mr Yadav's helicopter was denied permission to land at the Police Line Maidan in Badaun, as approved earlier. The chopper was instead forced to land in a vacant plot provided by the party even when there was no security cover there, which was mandatory.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's helicopter was allowed to land at the Police Line Maidan and was provided full security, he complained and said the District administration under the Election Commission forgot that Mr Sharad Yadav has served Parliament for more than 30 years apart from being the National President of the JD(U), while Rahul Gandhi is a first timer in the Lok Sabha.
''The party strongly disapproves this discriminatory attitude in providing security and has conveyed it to the Election Commission,'' he said, adding that JD(U) candidates were pitted against mafia elements like D P Yadav in Sahaswan in Badayun district and Mukhtar Ansari in Mau, which calls for more security cover to be provided to JD(U) candidates and the party president.
The party in its letter also demanded special security measures in Gunnaur in Badaun district where JD(U) is pitted against Mulayam Singh Yadav.
UNI
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