Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of orchestrating a conspiracy to register out-of-state individuals as voters in Uttar Pradesh.
The allegations come amid a raging political row sparked by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s claim that 1.27 crore Hindu voters are missing from the state’s draft electoral rolls.
Yadav alleged that the ruling party convened key organisational meetings to manipulate deleted or shifted votes through underground elements. He claimed the BJP plans to bring in individuals from states including Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Uttarakhand to illegally register them as voters.
The controversy erupted after CM Adityanath alleged that 1.27 crore Hindu voters were missing from draft rolls, noting a 1.65 per cent increase in Muslim voters. Adityanath pointed to discrepancies between panchayat and assembly rolls—citing 66 lakh missing voters—alongside 55 lakh welfare scheme beneficiaries and 4.5 lakh first-time young voters whose names were omitted.
The BJP has submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission seeking the inclusion of all eligible missing voters, while the SP continues to challenge the ruling party’s narrative.
