Lucknow, Nov. 14 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh has directed its district-level leaders to launch a campaign to restore the names of eligible Hindu voters allegedly deleted from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

The campaign is expected to begin on November 20, with the party targeting the restoration of between 10,000 and 25,000 names in each Assembly constituency, The Indian Express reported.

The move follows Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's claim that 1.27 crore Hindu voters were allegedly missing from the state's electoral rolls after the SIR exercise, and that the proportion of Muslim voters had increased by 1.65 per cent.

At a meeting in Lucknow on Friday, No...