Lucknow, Jan. 14 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Wednesday alleged that around 4.5 crore voters have been removed from the electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, raising serious questions over the revision process.

Addressing the media here, Singh said that the State Election Commission had released a voters' list for the municipal and Gram Panchayat elections in December, which showed a total of 17 crore voters in the state. However, he claimed that another list released for the Assembly elections, covering both rural and urban voters, showed only 12 crore 55 lakh voters.

"4.5 crore votes were removed (from Uttar Pradesh). The State Election Commission has released a list of voters for the municipal and Gram Panchayat elections ...