By Ranjay Singh: An independent candidate contesting the Uttar Pradesh civic body elections allegedly sought permission from the election officials to stage dance performance by Russian girls during his poll campaign. He also allegedly asked EC officials to allow him to distribute free alcohol to people during the campaign.
Sanjay Dubey, the candidate from Ambedkar Nagar in Kanpur, allegedly wrote a letter to the poll panel seeking its nod for these. The authorities swung into action after the letter went viral. The police have launched a probe. Dubey said that he did not write the letter. In fact, he claimed he himself reached out to the district election commission and sought an inquiry into the matter.
UP’s municipal elections are being conducted in two phases on May 4 and 11, As many as 37 districts, including Agra, are set to go to polls today. The remaining districts, including Lucknow and Kanpur, will go to polls later.
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