LUCKNOW, Aug. 6 -- Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), by implementing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, is acting against the Constitution. He said the SP and INDIA bloc's opposition to the move was aimed at protecting democratic rights.

In a statement, he said the BJP wants to 'snatch' the public's right to vote in a bid to prevent electoral defeat. "There is no concept of elections in the autocratic ideology of the dominant BJP," Yadav said.

Attacking the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, he alleged that the law and order situation had collapsed, and an atmosphere of anarchy prevailed across the state.

"Farmers are not getting fertilisers...