Lucknow, Oct. 27 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday cautioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) against compromising institutional integrity.

In a post on X, Yadav called upon Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar to take immediate cognisance of the situation and ensure complete transparency in the electoral process.

The SP chief raised serious concerns over the execution of the vote-counting process across various centres in the state, pointing out that official round-wise updates were being withheld from political parties and the media.

"Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar should take immediate cognisance and make the results transparent. There is deliberate delay in the UP MLC vote counting....