Lucknow, Aug. 21 -- : The Election Commission of India (ECI) has started a probe into Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav's complaint about irregularities in electoral rolls in various districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Following the complaint, the ECI directed district magistrates to scrutinise voter lists to determine whether wrongful deletions had occurred, as alleged. The district magistrates of Kasganj, Jaunpur, Barabanki, and Lucknow have completed their probe and, in posts on social media platform X, dismissed Yadav's claims as baseless and misleading.

Addressing a press conference on Sunday (August 17), chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar had stated that the commission had not received any affidavits from Uttar Prades...