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Akhilesh Yadav sounds UP poll bugle at INDIA bloc rally, calls it next battle against BJP

They demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s removal, while warning that the opposition would continue its fight to protect voting rights and democracy.

Akhilesh Yadav sounds UP poll bugle at INDIA bloc rally, calls it next battle against BJP

Akhilesh Yadav, chief of the Samajwadi Party, addressed an Opposition rally at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday, denouncing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over alleged vote fraud and irregularities in the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Yadav likened the rally to the historical Haldighati battle between Mewar and the Mughal empire in 1576, stating that the people of Uttar Pradesh were ready to save democracy.

He accused the BJP of vote theft and claimed that the public support at the rally signified a change in the political landscape. Opposition leaders from various parties, including Mamata Banerjee, MA Baby, MA Baby, and Farooq Abdullah, joined the rally, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leading the charge.

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