Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Akhilesh Yadav Accuses BJP, Yogi of ECI Roll Scam
Akhilesh Yadav and Yogi Adityanath disagree about how voter lists were handled.
Yadav says the Election Commission and the BJP were involved in a scam.
He claims some people who voted in 2019 could not vote in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh election because their names were removed.
Yadav also says Samajwadi Party votes were deliberately deleted.
Yogi defended the Election Commission and its voter-list review.
He asked opposition parties to apologize for criticizing the process.
Yogi said their criticism could weaken democratic institutions.
The two sides therefore have opposite views about whether the voter-list exercise was proper.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused Yogi Adityanath and the BJP of being involved in an alleged electoral-roll scam.
Yadav made the remarks Sunday while speaking to reporters at the Samajwadi Party headquarters in Lucknow.
He alleged that voters who participated in the 2019 Lok Sabha election were removed from the rolls before the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.
Yogi Adityanath had urged opposition parties to apologize for criticizing the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
Yadav said Samajwadi Party votes were deliberately deleted by the Election Commission and officials, while Yogi accused the opposition of weakening democratic institutions.
- Who
- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the BJP, and the Election Commission are central to the dispute.
- What
- Akhilesh Yadav accused Yogi Adityanath and the BJP of involvement in an alleged electoral-roll scam and criticized the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
- When
- The statements were made on Sunday; Yadav also referred to the 2019 Lok Sabha and 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
- Where
- Yadav spoke at the Samajwadi Party headquarters in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- The dispute concerns criticism of the Election Commission and allegations that voters and Samajwadi Party votes were removed from electoral rolls.
Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party
Yogi Adityanath and BJP
Election-roll revision
Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party
Yadav alleges that voters who cast ballots in 2019 were removed from the rolls before the 2022 Uttar Pradesh election without notice.
Yogi Adityanath and BJP
Yogi defended the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision exercise; the article does not provide a detailed response to the specific deletion allegation.
Role of the Election Commission
Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party
Yadav alleges that the Election Commission and officials deliberately deleted Samajwadi Party votes and says the BJP and Yogi are involved in the alleged scam.
Yogi Adityanath and BJP
Yogi said opposition criticism of the Election Commission was unjustified and weakened democratic institutions.
Political accountability
Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party
Yadav called on the public to recognize what he described as deliberate manipulation of electoral rolls.
Yogi Adityanath and BJP
Yogi asked opposition parties to apologize to the nation for their criticism of the Election Commission and the revision exercise.
- Speaker
- Akhilesh Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Party
- Location
- Samajwadi Party headquarters, Lucknow
- Electoral exercise
- Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Earlier election cited
- 2019 Lok Sabha election
- Later election cited
- 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election
- Yadav’s allegation
- Voters and Samajwadi Party votes were deliberately removed from electoral rolls
- Yogi’s response
- Opposition parties should apologize for criticizing the Election Commission and weakening democratic institutions