New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of orchestrating a large-scale conspiracy to delete the names of voters from backward classes, Dalits and minorities through the misuse of Form-7 applications. In a detailed message posted on his WhatsApp channel, Yadav also alleged that the Election Commission of India was turning a "blind eye" to the alleged irregularities.
Form-7 under India's electoral rules is used to object to the inclusion of a name in the voters' list or to seek deletion of an entry.
Yadav claimed that all the names flagged in what he described as "fake Form-7 applications" belonged to PDA communities - an acronym the SP use...