Lucknow, Jan. 10 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged that votes belonging to the "PDA" (Picchda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) sections were being removed from the electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, accusing the Election Commission of facilitating the addition of votes in favour of the Union government.

Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Yadav questioned the Election Commission's credibility, claiming that nearly three lakh voters had already been removed from a single district, with more deletions likely.

"So far 3 lakh votes have been removed in one district, and that more votes will still be removed. This raises serious questions about the credibility of the Elec...