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- Akhilesh Yadav accused the Election Commission of bias and failing to address complaints regarding electoral roll revisions.
- The Samajwadi Party president alleged that internal dissent among election commissioners indicates a threat to democratic integrity.
- He claimed that voters from specific communities were unfairly removed from rolls without accountability for officials.
- The opposition leader warned that current administrative practices could jeopardize future voting rights in Uttar Pradesh.
What to watch next
- Potential protest actions by opposition parties against the Election Commission
- Official response from the Election Commission regarding allegations of internal dissent
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Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party national president
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“No future elections should be held under him (the CEC). It is a very serious development. What could be more serious than objections being raised against almost every decision?”
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…Gyanesh Kumar. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, he referred to reports that two election commissioners had formally objected 14 times in the last 10 months to decisions made by the Commission. “ No future elections should be held under him (the CEC). It is a very serious development. What could be more serious than objections being raised against almost every decision? ” he said. “This simply means that members of an independent body no longer have the freedom to act justly or be heard. Such a situation is fatal and dangerous for democracy. It is a grave constitutional crime when…
“No action was taken against any official. This shows the Commission is not impartial”
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…on a single person’s signature - far beyond the permitted limit - and that signatures of individuals who could not even write their names were allegedly forged to delete names of Muslim and Samajwadi Party voters. “ No action was taken against any official. This shows the Commission is not impartial ,” Yadav said. He also raised the issue of administrative preparations for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, alleging that not a single officer from the PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) communities had been…
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