Dalit community stopped from casting votes in UP, alleges BSP leader Satish Mishra

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Apr 11 (ANI): Senior Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Satish Chandra Mishra has alleged that people from Dalit community were restricted from casting votes in Uttar Pradesh. He said, "In Uttar Pradesh today, the police and administration stopped members of Dalit community from casting votes. We've registered complaint with Election Commission (EC) regarding this and requested immediate action. We've told EC that higher-ups had a hand in this." He added, "We've registered another complaint with Election Commission and have sent them a video clip of EVM, in which it is seen that 'elephant' symbol is being pressed but vote is going to BJP's 'lotus' symbol. Our people had complained against it but no action was taken."