LUCKNOW, Aug. 18 -- Hours after chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated in a press conference that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had not received any affidavits from Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has demanded that the Commission submit an affidavit in support of the poll panel's claim that it didn't receive any affidavit from the Samajwadi Party on complaints about voters' issues.

Yadav shared screenshots of email receipts purportedly showing that the affidavits were indeed submitted to ECI. The SP had reportedly submitted 18,000 affidavits alleging voter fraud and irregularities.

Posting on his official X account Sunday evening, the former chief minister wrote: "The Election Commission which...