Political fireworks lit up Lucknow as the Samajwadi Party confronted UP’s Chief Electoral Officer with a memorandum detailing alleged biases in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Following Akhilesh Yadav’s orders, SP documented flaws across Kasganj, Bahraich, Farrukhabad, and Basti, painting a picture of targeted disenfranchisement of its base.
Kasganj assembly’s booths 1-200, SP heartlands, suffer BLO-imposed 12-hour notice crunch, unlike BJP booths’ leniency. Charges include form rationing for new voters, verification lapses, and officials moonlighting for BJP—including a block pramukh linked to the sitting MLA—pushing voter deletions.
Bahraich Nanpara discriminates against Nepalese brides holding all docs except migration certs, risking mass exclusion. SP demands their enlistment.
Farrukhabad booth 128’s voter merge mess from 2003 verification gaps has doomed Manihari’s near-300 to deletion lists without recourse; SP urges probe and reinstatement.
Over 100,000 Basti voters with technical glitches face unfeasible hearing calls. Transparent notice sharing with stakeholders is SP’s solution.
With elections looming, SP’s offensive challenges the fairness of UP’s voter purification, potentially reshaping the political narrative.