Akhilesh Yadav alleges ECI acting at BJP's behest, claims multiple entries of people exist in voter list
The BJP gets a vote registered for whoever it chooses. If you are a BJP member, the Election Commission will register you as a voter. If you are a BJP member, you are considered an Indian citizen, he said
Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party chief, accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of acting at the behest of the BJP during a speech at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport on October 12, 2026. Yadav claimed that multiple individuals have duplicated entries in the voter list, suggesting that the BJP benefits by registering voters for their preferred candidates.
He specifically cited one voter in Azamgarh assembly constituency, Uttar Pradesh, who appears 10 times in the voter list, and asked the ECI and BJP to prove the claim's inaccuracy. Additionally, Yadav pointed out instances of a person having two or more names in the voter list of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, and claimed that Nagma Rabbani's name appears six times and Praveen Yadav's name appears three times in the voter list.
He questioned the purpose of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, questioning why the ECI struggled to rectify voter lists despite spending significant resources and time. Yadav's allegations were part of a broader opposition protest against the SIR and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
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