BJP tried to influence counting, says Akhilesh

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday congratulated all party candidates who won the elections for various posts in municipal corporations, nagar palika parishads and nagar panchayats in the local body elections, the result of which was announced on Saturday.
The former UP CM also congratulated the members of other parties and independent candidates who defeated BJP candidates. In a tweet, Akhilesh said that BJP faced a humiliating defeat in elections held for posts other than that of mayors and corporators.
"They (BJP) tried every trick to influence elections but nothing worked in their favour," he said.
The Samajwadi Party also attacked the BJP alleging that it had a role in slow pace of counting in Mainpuri and a number of other places.
The party said it was yet to be confirmed if the counting was slow due to technical issues or was "slowed down for other reasons". "The BJP did everything they could to influence counting process and win elections. They got counting process slowed down. At one place, the total number of votes counted turned out to be more than the total number of votes polled," he said.