Muslims attacked on way to bounce in Uttarakhand by- election

Law and order in the Manglaur assembly constituency turned sour on Wednesday, July 10, during the by- election after several Muslim men were allegedly attacked and turned down from voting. The incident passed in Libberhedi vill in Uttarakhand.

A videotape surfaced on the internet showing injured Muslim men being transferred back from the polling cell without casting their votes after reportedly being oppressively beaten with sticks Congress party seeker Qazi Muhammad Nizamuddin, who attended the injured to the sanitarium, said that no ambulance came for the injured. “ culprits have been openly firing. This is the murder of republic.

There's also news of someone being injured. There was no ambulance or any other measures taken to take the injured to sanitarium, ” Qazi told media persons. Expressing concern, former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat said it's a matter of serious situation. “ pellets were fired. People were injured.

Our seeker Qazi Nizamuddin staked his life to shoot them to the sanitarium for treatment. similar kind of incidents are also being reported from other places. Congress choosers are being bullied and stopped from reaching the cells. This is murder of republic and a serious situation. ” Rawat told PTI.

By- choices are being held in two assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand, including the Manglaur seat. The constituency preliminarily represented by Sarwat Karim Ansari of the Bahujan Samaj Party( BSP) came vacant last time following his demise on October 30. Qazi Muhammad Nizamuddin of Congress and Sarwat Ansari’s son Obedur Rehman, querying from BSP, are the main contenders.

BJP has contended former Khatauli MLA Kartar Singh Bhadana for the by- bean. Badrinath is the alternate constituency where the by- election is being held. Bhandari is querying against Congress party’s Lakhapat Singh Butola in the Badrinath by- bean. The ruling BJP has 47 MLAs in the seventy- member assembly. BSP was reduced to one following Ansari’s demise. The remaining two members were independent campaigners.