KBA elections held amid chaos

KANPUR: Voting for Kanpur Bar Association election was held amidst chaos and interference by candidates and their supporters on Wednesday. Police force was summoned at DAV College to restore order.
As many as 3,128 out of 4,241 members cast their votes between 8 am and 5 pm. Chairman, elders committee, Ram Balak Mishra, said that counting of votes would begin at 9 am at DAV College hall on Thursday.
Most of the candidates flouted the code of conduct. As a result, voting was suspended for around half-an-hour and the returning officer had to call the police to control the situation. Candidates and their supporters entered into the voting hall and coerced the voters.
It led to chaos. Some persons snatched ballot papers from Badri Vishal Yadav, Manoj Kumar Gupta and Santosh Kumar Sharma and tore them. Timely intervention by the members of the elders committee prevented the situation from turning ugly. After a few minutes, voting started again. Fresh ballot papers were issued to those three lawyers, whose ballot papers were torn.
A few candidates alleged that fake voting had taken place. Before closing time when a couple of contesting candidates went to cast their votes their rivals opposed and complained that they were involved in fake voting and they should be checked.
Traffic between Green Park crossing and DAV College was blocked. The candidates erected their booths on the road.