Lucknow, June 27 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday supported West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation that the Election Commission and the BJP could be using a backdoor to implement the NRC.

Speaking to reporters in Lucknow, Yadav said, "The BJP can do anything through the back door... If CM Mamata Banerjee says something about the BJP conspiring, then we have to be alert..."

Meanwhile, on Thursday, CM Banerjee has alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is targeting the youth of Bengal under the guise of a new voter list verification process.

She expressed strong reservations about a new declaration form introduced by the ECI, which requires the submission of parents' birth certificates for e...