Akhilesh Yadav flags voter roll revision, questions ECI credibility

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav raised concerns over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh during a press conference in Lucknow and questioned the transparency of the process

1. 👁 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference at the party office
   

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   Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference at the party office in Lucknow on Saturday (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

1. 👁 Akhilesh Yadav raises questions over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls carried out in Uttar Pradesh.
   

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   Akhilesh Yadav raises questions over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls carried out in Uttar Pradesh (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

1. 👁 He says all political parties including booth level agents participated in the voter revision exercise without objection
   

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   He says all political parties including booth level agents participated in the voter revision exercise without objection (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

1. 👁 The SP chief expresses concern after the draft voter list shows the exclusion of 2.89 crore voters from the rolls
   

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   The SP chief expresses concern after the draft voter list shows the exclusion of 2.89 crore voters from the rolls (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

1. 👁 He questions how BJP leaders could predict the number of voters to be removed even before the draft list was released
   

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   He questions how BJP leaders could predict the number of voters to be removed even before the draft list was released (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

1. 👁 Akhilesh Yadav alleges discrepancies in voter data prepared by Booth Level Officers across Assembly
   

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   Akhilesh Yadav alleges discrepancies in voter data prepared by Booth Level Officers across Assembly and Panchayat elections (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

1. 👁 He points to differences between rural voter numbers and Assembly voter figures prepared by the same officials
   

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   He points to differences between rural voter numbers and Assembly voter figures prepared by the same officials (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

1. 👁 Akhilesh Yadav says such developments raise serious concerns about transparency and the credibility of the Election Commission of India
   

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   Akhilesh Yadav says such developments raise serious concerns about transparency and the credibility of the Election Commission of India (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)