A lawyer who claimed to fight last Lok Sabha by election from Kannauj parliamentary seat, won by Dimple yadav, the wife of Akhilesh Yadav, but could not file his nomination due to alleged kidnapping, had challenged the result of poll in Allahabad High Court seeking to cancel the result and to conduct a fresh and fair election instead.
According to the petitioner Prabhat Kumar Pandey, by profession a lawyer has challenged the election of Dimple Yadav in Allahabad High Court, alleging Samajwadi Partymen to kidnapped him before filling the name for election.
The petitioner alleged that he wanted to contest against Dimple Yadav in the Kannauj by-polls, but workers and activists of the Samajwadi Party (SP) kidnapped him at the behest of Dimple Yadav. As a result, he could not file his nomination, the lawyer claimed.
Pandey further told the court in his petition that he brought the matter to the notice of the district magistrate, but the official refused to come to his aid.
The Allahabad HC has issued notice to Dimple Yadav and the Kannauj district magistrate, who allegedly refused to entertain this matter, to submit their response within six weeks.
Petitioner Pandey has also demanded to cancel former election and asked court to direct government to conduct a fresh and fair election for the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat.
The petitioner has also sought action against the district magistrate for neglecting her duties.
The judge of Allahabad HC has issued a notice to Dimple Yadav and erstwhile district magistrate to file their response till November 5 that is the next date of hearing.
The 35-year-old Dimple Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha unopposed June 9 after two contestants in Kannauj - Dashrath Singh Shankwar of the Sanyukt Samajwadi Dal and Sanju Katiyar, an independent - withdrew from the race, leaving Dimple Yadav the lone candidate in the fray.
While the BSP and the Congress refused to field a candidate, the BJP made a last-minute decision to contest, but its nominee failed to file the papers within the deadline.
Dimple Yadav was earlier been fielded by the Samajwadi Party from Firozabad in the 2009 Lok Sabha election. She then lost to Raj Babbar of Congress, the Bollywood actor who was formerly in the Samajwadi Party.
--With IANS Inputs--
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