LUCKNOW, Nov. 28 -- A day after announcing Rs.2 lakh ex gratia for the dependents of block-level officers (BLOs) who died during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday urged parties within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to unite against what he called the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) "conspiracy" to delete votes.

"We appeal to all opposition parties and even NDA allies to unite and expose the BJP's massive conspiracy to delete votes. The BJP will destroy those parties that consider it as their ally. We appeal to every citizen of our country to stop all work and resist the SIR fraud," Akhilesh said in a statement issued on Friday.

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