Kolkata, May 7 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday alleged electoral fraud by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal, claiming "multi-layered mafiagiri" involving multiple players in the recently concluded assembly polls.

Speaking after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at her Kolkata residence, Yadav said Opposition leaders needed to collectively stand against alleged electoral fraud.

"I have just met Didi (Mamata Banerjee). Abhishek was also with me. Today, all of us, together, have to stand up to the election fraud. When the election happened honestly, she won, but this time, because of the...