Akhilesh Yadav questions EC's impartiality on SIR

Lucknow, Jan. 10 -- A political storm has erupted in Uttar Pradesh over the draft voter list released after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has questioned the credibility of the Election Commission (EC), alleging a deliberate conspiracy to remove the names of voters belonging to the PDA (Backward Classes, Dalits, and Minorities) communities.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav held a press conference in Lucknow. He said, "This is not SIR, it's NRC. The work that was supposed to be done by the Home Department is being done by the Commission. The government is increasing the number of votes by 200 at every booth and is sending officers to do it.""We will file FIRs at booths where the BJP attem...