LUCKNOW, Jan. 12 -- Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged manipulation in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Uttar Pradesh electoral roll due to pressure from the ruling party as he questioned the Election Commission over the difference in the SIR data of assembly and panchayat election voter list. In a statement issued here, the SP chief said the EC conducted the SIR of the Uttar Pradesh assembly voter list and the State Election Commission simultaneously conducted the exercise for panchayat elections. In both exercises, the work was done by the same booth-level officers, he said. "Surprisingly, after the assembly SIR, the total number of voters in the state dropped by 2.89 crore to 12.56 crore. On the other hand, after the panchayat SIR, the number of rural voters increased by 40 lakh to 12.69 crore," he added. Questioning the EC, Yadav said, "Tell us which of the two SIRs is correct, because both sets of figures cannot be right at the same time." The draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh was published on January 6, with 12.55 crore voters making it to the list and the names of 2.89 crore deleted, according to official data....