Overview
- Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP and the Election Commission of conspiring to delete about 50,000 voters per Assembly segment in areas where the INDIA bloc performed well in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
- He said the effort targets Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and linked his charge to past claims that deletions kept the Samajwadi Party from forming the UP government in 2022.
- The Samajwadi Party directed workers to verify rolls, meet booth-level officers, add eligible electors, and report irregularities to party headquarters.
- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya rejected the allegation, calling it a sign of nervousness, and BJP leaders said the SP was misleading voters after setbacks elsewhere.
- The Election Commission is conducting a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in 12 states and Union Territories, with final rolls slated for publication on February 7, 2026, and no formal EC response was recorded in these reports.