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Akhilesh Yadav alleges EC deleted SP votes in 2022 UP polls
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the Election Commission and officials colluded to deliberately delete votes of SP supporters during the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Speaking at the party…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the Election Commission and officials colluded to deliberately delete votes of SP supporters during the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Speaking at the party headquarters in Lucknow, he said people who voted in 2019 were denied the chance to vote in 2022 without notice or adherence to rules. He claimed the malpractice has been going on for years and has now been exposed.
Yadav also targeted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saying that if the EC is involved in a scam and the CM is defending it, then the CM himself is involved. He urged the EC to protect its credibility and not work at anyone's behest. The allegations come amid a row over the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, after a media report revealed objections raised by two election commissioners.
BJP ally and Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar hit back, saying Yadav and other opposition leaders should not accuse the CEC because they themselves won through the same poll body. He asked them to resign first before pointing fingers. Yadav said senior SP leaders will attend the INDIA bloc meeting on September 30, and claimed the SP will defeat the BJP in 2027.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Pro-government sources such as India TV and Hindustan Times gave prominent space to BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar's counterattack, framing the allegation as baseless and accusing opposition leaders of hypocrisy. Government-critical sources like Times of India and India Today led with Yadav's detailed charge of systematic vote deletion and misuse of Form 7, omitting the ally's rebuttal. The critical reports also included wider governance attacks by Yadav, diluting the electoral focus. The balanced reading is that Yadav has revived specific procedural allegations (Form 7 misuse, voter deletions without notice) that the EC has not yet publicly addressed. The EC's response to the SIR row remains the next concrete event to watch.
Coverage: 4 sources, 1 pro-government, 2 government-critical, 1 neutral
Sources (4): timesofindia.indiatimes.com (government critical), indiatvnews.com (pro government), indiatoday.in (government critical), hindustantimes.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
