Bihar election result: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is the main ministerial face of the opposition (Archive)
Patna:
Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD has accused Bihar’s chief minister, Nitish Kumar, and his deputy, Sushil Kumar Modi, of conspiring to pressure election and district officials to ensure that verdicts in highly contested seats are declared to favor of the ruling JDU-BJP Alliance.
In a short tweet posted in Hindi late Tuesday night, when the vote count crossed the 12 o’clock mark, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said officials were delaying the count by at least 10 seats and not they were handing out certificates to other winning candidates.
“The Nitish Kumar administration is delaying the count by 10 seats. The candidates who have won have not received certificates. Sitting in the Chief Minister’s home, Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar are making the Chief Secretary lobby officials to the seats where the margin is close, “said the party.
क़रीब 10 सीटों पर नीतीश प्रशासन गिनती में देरी कर रहा है।जीते हुए उम्मीदवारों को सर्टिफ़िकेट नहीं दे रहा है। CM आवास में बैठकर नीतीश कुमार और सुशील मोदी CM के प्रधान सचिव से सभी DM और RO को फ़ोन करवा कर नज़दीकी लड़ाई वाली सीटों के पक्ष में फ़ैसला दिलाने का दबाव बनवा रहे है
– Rashtriya Janata Dal (@RJDforIndia) November 10, 2020
Less than an hour later, the RJD tweeted again, this time attaching screenshots of a list of 119 Assembly constituencies that according to the party had been won by either himself or one of his allies.
“The Returned Member congratulated them (the candidates) on their victory, but now they are not giving them the certificates and they have said that they have lost. These same candidates were shown as winners on the Electoral Commission’s website,” read the second tweet. by RJD.
“Such looting will not work in a democracy,” the party added.
ये उन 119 सीटों की सूची है जहाँ गिनती संपूर्ण होने के बाद महागठबंधन के उम्मीदवार जीत चुके है। रिटर्निंग ऑफ़िसर ने उन्हें जीत की बधाई दी लेकिन अब सर्टिफ़िकेट नहीं दे रहे है कह रहे है कि आप हार हार गए है। ECI की वेबसाइट पर भी इन्हें जीता हुआ दिखाया गया। जनतंत्र में ऐसी लूट नहीं चलेगी। pic.twitter.com/puUvIagyDz
– Rashtriya Janata Dal (@RJDforIndia) November 10, 2020
The RJD had previously advised patience while the counting process dragged on.
“We want to tell our leaders and candidates that they should only leave with the certificate of victory in their hands,” said Manoj Jha, a high-ranking party leader.
So far there has been no response from Nitish Kumar or the Bihar government.
According to provisional data from the Electoral Commission at 8:30 p.m., the margin of advantage in around 100 seats is less than 5,000 votes. The results of the elections, the first major voting exercise to take place amid the Covid pandemic, are still unclear, more than 12 hours after the count began this morning.
The RJD, which leads an opposition alliance that includes Congress and some left-wing parties, was widely predicted to win these elections, according to various exit polls.
the Mahagathbandhan He started the day well, taking an early lead. However, the BJP-led NDA has held out since then and is now slightly ahead in leads.
At 9.05pm, the NDA was ahead by 123 seats and the opposition by 113, with smaller parties leading the remaining seven. The 243-member Bihar Assembly has a majority of 122.
The Electoral Commission has said that results have been delayed due to restrictions to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, such as increasing the number of EVMs (electronic voting machines), polling stations and counting centers, from which they must be collected. , count and count the votes. posted.
Earlier today, the electoral body held a press conference in which it said the results are likely to be released late at night. It also said it was working hard to ensure that no errors were introduced into the process.
The next update of the Electoral Commission is expected at 10 pm.
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