LUCKNOW, Nov. 26 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday reiterated his allegation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI) were conspiring to cut around three crore votes in Uttar Pradesh through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He also alleged that the BJP wanted to snatch away the voting rights of crores of people in UP, just as he claimed had happened in Bihar.

However, the BJP termed the allegations baseless, claiming Akhilesh was going to lose again in 2027.

"The BJP is also trying to do something similar in West Bengal," the Kannauj MP told reporters on the sidelines of a special screening of the movie '120 Bahadur', which he attended along w...