{"id":667795,"date":"2026-10-23T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=667795"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:52:57","slug":"akash-agarwal-breaks-down-in-agra-says-he-will-go-to-lucknow-and-embrace-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/667795\/","title":{"rendered":"Akash Agarwal Breaks Down in Agra; Says He Will Go to Lucknow and Embrace Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Lucknow:<\/strong> Voting for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) Graduate and Teachers’ constituencies was marred by allegations of irregularities and widespread disturbances. Dr. Akash Agarwal, the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from the Agra Teachers’ constituency, leveled serious allegations of electoral malpractice and rigging during the voting process.<\/p>\n

While speaking to the media, the SP candidate became emotional and broke down in tears. He raised serious concerns about the conduct of election officials and the administrative machinery. Expressing his frustration, he even declared that he would travel to Lucknow’s Shahi Eidgah and embrace Islam.<\/p>\n

Dr. Akash Agarwal alleged that his supporters were being continuously harassed and that deliberate attempts were being made to disrupt voting at several polling stations. Referring to an incident in Kheragarh, he claimed that voters and supporters present at a polling station were forcibly evicted while the presiding officer was having a meal.<\/p>\n

He also alleged that irregularities and looting had taken place at a polling booth in Chhata. According to Agarwal, election officials behaved rudely with his party workers and subjected them to unnecessary harassment.<\/p>\n

Visibly distressed by what he described as administrative harassment, Agarwal expressed his anguish, claiming that he was being treated as though he were a terrorist from Pakistan. Overwhelmed by anger and frustration, he said the alleged harassment had become so severe that he no longer felt like continuing to follow Sanatan Dharma.<\/p>\n

In an emotional statement, he declared his intention to visit Lucknow and convert to Islam, expressing deep disappointment over what he described as unfair treatment by the authorities.<\/p>\n

Dr. Akash Agarwal further clarified that winning or losing the election was not his primary concern. He emphasized that India is a democratic and free country and that he has the constitutional right to decide which political party he wishes to represent in an election.<\/p>\n

He questioned the alleged interference of administrative officials in the electoral process and demanded that elections be conducted fairly and transparently.<\/p>\n

Concluding his remarks, Agarwal reiterated his allegations that incidents of booth capturing and electoral malpractice were still taking place in his constituency. He urged the authorities to intervene immediately, prevent further irregularities, and ensure that voters could exercise their democratic rights without fear or intimidation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lucknow: Voting for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) Graduate and Teachers’ constituencies was marred by allegations of irregularities and widespread disturbances. Dr. Akash Agarwal, the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from the Agra Teachers’ constituency, leveled serious allegations of electoral malpractice and rigging during the voting process. While speaking to the media, the SP candidate became emotional and broke down in tears. He raised serious concerns about the conduct of election officials and the administrative machinery. Expressing his frustration, he even declared that he would travel to Lucknow’s Shahi Eidgah…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":667796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667797,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667795\/revisions\/667797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}