Overview
- Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP and the Election Commission of preparing to delete more than 50,000 voters per Assembly constituency where the SP and INDIA bloc performed well.
- He said the alleged effort is tied to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh and 11 other states, including West Bengal.
- Yadav called on the Election Commission to publish clear SOPs for parties and to extend the SIR timeline in Uttar Pradesh.
- He played an audio clip purportedly involving a sub-divisional magistrate discussing SIR-related technical issues and urged SP workers to audit voter lists.
- He cited 2024 Lok Sabha leads that showed gains for SP and Congress versus 2022 as context for his charge, while noting there has been no official response and no independent verification of the deletion claims.