India, Feb. 6 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday alleged a conspiracy to delete names of voters in Uttar Pradesh by misusing Form 7 and urged the Supreme Court to take immediate cognisance of the issue, saying "no other institution inspires confidence now".

In a post on X, Yadav accused the BJP and its allies of "behaving like criminals" and claimed that booth-level officers (BLOs) were being harassed, pressured and threatened to cut votes of the PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) society, particularly minorities, on the basis of forged documents.

He also shared a video of a man claiming to be a BLO, who narrated his alleged harassment. Form 7 is the form used by voters to either object to someone's inclusion in...