BJP and Samajwadi Party Clash Over Uttar Pradesh Voter Rolls

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party are engaged in a sharp dispute over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh. Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak announced that the BJP will deploy workers to visit voters' homes door-to-door to assist with the revision process, coordinating these efforts with the Election Commission of India. Pathak stated that the party expects to return to power for a third consecutive term with a massive majority, citing the law-and-order situation and welfare schemes led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In response, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of a conspiracy to illegally register individuals from other states, including Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, to manipulate the rolls. This follows claims by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that 1.27 crore Hindu voters are missing from the state's rolls while Muslim voters have increased. Adityanath submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission to address these discrepancies.

BJP spokesperson Dinesh Pratap Singh dismissed Yadav's allegations, asserting that the party is merely assessing missing voters based on feedback from its workers.