Lucknow, Feb. 1 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged a "massive conspiracy" to selectively delete voter names, claiming that opposition votes were being targeted under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Uttar Pradesh. In a post on X on Sunday, Yadav urged the courts, the Election Commission of India, and journalists to take cognisance of what he described as a "mega-scam" and a "conspiracy is underway to slice away opposition votes."

Raising serious questions, the SP chief asked, "Under SIR, who is distributing the pre-printed Form 7 in villages (through which someone can conspire to get another's name struck off by raising an objection)?" He claimed that the complainants listed in the forms had "no ...