LUCKNOW, Nov. 13 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not concerned about development and providing employment.

"The BJP wants to keep the public entangled in SIR and other issues. It keeps raising one issue or another to divert people's attention from inflation, unemployment and corruption. It has lost the public's trust and is nervous," he alleged while speaking to the media after attending an event in Bareilly.

On the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the SP chief said: "SP workers and leaders should not be afraid of the SIR. Make people aware of it, help voters fill in forms so that the voter list can be corrected. Ensure no eligible name is l...