LUCKNOW, Oct. 21 -- The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Wednesday alleged that voters' names were being altered in the state's electoral rolls to deprive people of their voting rights, citing alleged irregularities involving 13,150 entries in the Pilibhit Sadar assembly constituency.

Addressing a press conference, UP Congress president Aradhana Mishra said, "the disappearance of names from electoral rolls was a grave issue that previously came to light only in the final stages of an election. The party would seek legal opinion on the matter."

Rajendra Pal Gautam, the AICC in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, alleged that the Election Commission had devised a system that could manipulate election outcomes.

"A system has been engineered under chief el...