Kanpur, April 8 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the Election Commission is functioning at the behest of the BJP and raised concerns over the fairness of elections.

Speaking to ANI, Yadav said, "It is the responsibility of the Election Commission to ensure that votes are cast and not cut, and to prove its credibility that the elections will be fair. But what we are seeing is that the Election Commission is working at the behest of the BJP."

He cited instances from Uttar Pradesh, alleging irregularities during elections.

"There are many examples from Uttar Pradesh. Everyone saw how much dishonesty happened in Kanpur, but despite that, the public sent our candidate to victory... but the Election Commi...