India, Jan. 27 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said chief minister Mamata Banerjee is the only leader fighting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while accusing it and the Election Commission of India (ECI) of introducing special rules only for West Bengal.

"...if there is anyone in this nation who is fighting the BJP, it is the chief minister of this state [West Bengal]. This is how the BJP should be opposed," Yadav said after meeting Banerjee.

Yadav said it is apparent that the ECI and BJP are introducing the National Register of Citizens in the name of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in West Bengal. "They are deleting names of voters instead of ensuring that more and more people exer...