Lucknow, Oct. 15 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused the BJP of manipulating electoral rolls with the alleged support of the Election Commission and the administration, claiming that 19 lakh fake voters had been identified.
Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Yadav alleged that bogus voters were being registered, opposition supporters' names deleted, EVMs manipulated and vote counting tampered with. He cited alleged irregularities in Sarojini Nagar and Sultanpur, and claimed that Loni and Sahibabad had reported 15,000 and 13,000 fake voters, respectively.
The allegations could not be independently verified. The Election Commission and BJP's responses were not immediately available.
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