LUCKNOW, Dec. 2 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday alleged that the Election Commission was not paying any heed to the complaints being made by the opposition parties with regard to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls underway in many states.

"It seems the Election Commission wants to fulfil the BJP's dream in this democracy by cutting the opposition's votes. Elections in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are still far away. So why is there such haste? Why is the government unwilling to give time," he asked while speaking to reporters in Delhi.

"After independence, Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar gave us the right to vote in the Constitution. If people cast their vote freely and their right is fulfi...