Lucknow, Nov. 22 -- Amid the ongoing nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, including in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of seeking to cut at least 50,000 votes, particularly in constituencies where the INDIA bloc has shown strong performance.

"The most important point is that the BJP, its government, its officials, and the Election Commission are working together to cancel over 50,000 votes in the assembly constituencies where the Samajwadi Party and the INDIA Alliance won in 2024, using the pretext of SIR," Akhilesh Yadav told reporters here.

He further alleged that similar plans are in place in West Bengal too, calling for people an...