LUCKNOW, Feb. 2 -- Alleging that Form-7 was being misused to remove names of 'Picchde' (backward classes), 'Dalit' and Alpshanyak' (minorities) communities electors from the voter list in Uttar Pradesh during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday urged the court to take cognizance of the issue.

"Honourable Court, please take notice! BJP fraudsters are printing Form-7 themselves, forging signatures and working to disenfranchise voters of the PDA community, especially those from minority communities," he posted on his social media account.

"Everyone knows about this except the Election Commission. Despite our repeated appeals, this manipulation of Form-7 is not ...