PTI and JI leaders accuses ROs of being biased

Fareed Soomro
SUKKUR: Returning officers have started Scrutiny process for municipal elections, which is to be held on June 26, 2022. PTI and Jamaat-e-Islami officials accused the returning officers of becoming biased, blamed while addressing press conference here on Wednesday. Returning officers are treating candidates of opposition parties step motherly at the behest of the ruling party. Nomination papers of our UC candidates have been rejected on the ground of minor mistakes, advocate Zaheer Babar, alleged.
Ruling party directs DROs to harass opponents of former mayor, deputy mayor, and Zeerak Shah, alleges Zaheer Babar. Ruling party candidates are being given VIP protocol during the scrutiny process, he blamed. Opposition candidates are being insulted by several hours standing outside in the heat, Babar added. PPP is shocked to see its defeat, our candidates and their proposers are being harassed, he said. The authorities of Election Commission are appealed to take notice and provide justice to the opposition parties. We want to contest peaceful elections. What for has made the alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami at local level in local body elections. While Aziz Abro, addressing the Media told that Pre-poll rigging had been inaugurated, ECP needs to take notice. There is evidence of harassment of our people, Aziz told and warned that now you are competing with PTI in 2022 election.
From the beginning of the election, rigging has started by deploying favorite ROs, alleged Jimait e Islami. Our candidates and their proposers are being missed, the scrutiny process is not being carried out properly, JI alleged. Election Commission,and police must look into these matters or else provocation will increase, Advocate Sultan Lashari, JI leader threatened.