Lucknow, Nov. 22 -- The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president, Ajay Rai, on Saturday urged people, especially from western Uttar Pradesh, to participate in large numbers in the Congress rally scheduled for December 14 at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan. The rally is being organized to protest what the Congress alleges is large-scale "vote theft" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Addressing the media here on Saturday, Rai accused the BJP of misusing the ongoing voter list revision (SIR) exercise to remove names of voters perceived to be against the ruling party. He said that such actions were "unfortunate for democracy" and reflected a systematic attempt to tilt the political situation in the BJP's favor.
Rai claimed that a BJP leader had r...