Lucknow, Oct. 28 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of resorting to alleged electoral malpractice to win the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) elections, claiming that the alleged irregularities in the counting process had exposed a conspiracy to defeat SP candidate Sanjayan Tripathi.

In a post shared on X, Yadav alleged that BJP leaders, their associates and officials had colluded to manipulate the counting process. He claimed that the alleged treatment of Tripathi had angered teachers and his community, and vowed that the party would stand against what he described as injustice and harassment.

"The corrupt BJP leaders, their conspiratorial associates and complicit o...