Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday (November 22, 2025) accused the BJP government and the Election Commission of India of conspiring to delete more than 50,000 voters from each Assembly segment where his party and the INDIA bloc fared strongly in the last general elections.
The allegations came amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh and 11 other states.
The need for a social audit for SIR 2.0
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters on the birth anniversary of his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav, he said, "We have received information that in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, the BJP, in collusion with the Election Commission, is making major preparations."
The Samajwadi Party chief opined that SIR should not be carried out during the wedding season and demanded that the poll panel extend the timeline for the voter roll cleanup exercise in Uttar Pradesh.
