Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that 1.27 crore names were removed from the state's electoral rolls. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, speaking at a press conference in Lucknow alongside ASP (Kanshi Ram) chief Chandrashekhar Azad, has asked the Election Commission to publish the list of deleted names and explain how the figure was reached.
Owaisi also pointed to Election Commission data that he said shows 2.89 crore deletions overall, including 46 lakh marked deceased, 25 lakh duplicates, 1.3 crore shifted and 87.19 lakh absent.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has accused Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath of disrespecting Lord Krishna through alleged remarks about cowherds, and says the BJP will lose the 2027 Assembly elections.
Yadav shared a video clip on X of Adityanath speaking at an Uttarakhand event, where the CM allegedly said Yadav would otherwise be grazing buffaloes in his village of Saifai in Etawah.
Yadav claimed Adityanath has grown fearful of defeat, citing the 2024 Lok Sabha and recent MLC elections.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has pushed back against UP CM Yogi Adityanath's "80-20" claim for the 2027 Assembly polls. On X, he argued it actually means the BJP-led alliance would be confined to no more than 80 seats, while the PDA stands as 20 against the NDA.
Adityanath made the remark in October, after the Rajya Sabha polls. Yadav also used a post on Monday to pledge that, if his party forms the government, Ayodhya will be developed into a global capital for Sanatan pilgrimage, with a probe into alleged land irregularities in the temple town.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath is again pushing his "80-20" line, saying the BJP will win a third straight term in the 2027 state Assembly election.
In an interview at Panchayat AajTak Ayodhya, he said the BJP and its allies would take 80 per cent of votes and seats, leaving 20 per cent to the Opposition. He gave no specific seat count.
A News18 UP Mega Survey of 30,925 respondents found 66.6% expect a BJP-NDA government, versus 26.5% for the SP-Congress alliance. A separate Janta Ki Awaz poll projects a close race, with the SP-led alliance slightly ahead at 195-204 seats.
The BJP has shortlisted 209 candidates for Uttar Pradesh's 403 Assembly seats, with polls due early next year. The list is now with party headquarters in Delhi, awaiting final approval.
The names were picked after talks with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and the party is aiming for more than 300 seats.
Yogi also hinted at a new scheme for women. In an interview, he said Akhilesh Yadav had dropped his demand to withdraw the SIR revision and claimed that 1.27 crore Hindu voter names had been deleted from the rolls.
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Aradhana Mishra says voter deletions and Amit Shah's visit to the state are meant to unseat Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
She pointed to a gap between the voter figure the chief minister cited at a working committee meeting, about 16.7 crore, and the roughly 13.4 crore voters left after the SIR process. That, she said, is a drop of about 3.31 crore votes.
Mishra also called the BJP's yatras in the state and across India undemocratic. She said Congress, under Rahul Gandhi, would succeed in restoring democracy.
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