Akhilesh alleges plot to delete 1 cr votes
LUCKNOW, Feb. 4 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged a "massive conspiracy" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to delete over 1 crore voters, particularly Muslims, through the misuse of Form 7 during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh.
"We are getting information from various constituencies that the BJP is preparing to misuse Form 7, along with the help of Election Commission, on a large scale. We have given written complaints to the ECI that all the downloaded forms must be verified independently and should come along a hologram for authenticity. Those forging signatures on Form 7 must be investigated and punished. Voters specifically from the Muslim community are being targeted. Assembly constituencies where BJP has lost are also part of this conspiracy," said Yadav addressing a press conference in Lucknow. Official figures of the EC revealed that so far around 60,000 Form 7 had been received.
"One of our MLAs has managed to get a pen drive with all the printed Form 7, which were being given to BLOs for name deletion. It seems that the ECI is hand-in-glove with the BJP in this conspiracy. BLOs are in a dilemma and the UP CEO should clarify his role. An IAS officer sitting at a top level post is calling officials and directing them to misuse Form 7," he alleged....
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