Akhilesh Questions Yogi's 1.27 Cr Missing Hindu Voters Claim | UP SIR Row, BJP vs SP | Elections

A fresh political confrontation is brewing in Uttar Pradesh over Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's claim that 1.27 crore Hindu voters are missing from electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has questioned how the Chief Minister arrived at this figure and how he obtained the data. Yadav has asked whether the Election Commission shared information with the Chief Minister or his office before making it public. He has also questioned the transparency of the electoral roll revision process.Yogi Adityanath has claimed that 1.27 crore Hindu voters whose names appear in Uttar Pradesh's panchayat electoral rolls are missing from the Election Commission's Assembly voter lists. He has cited figures including 66 lakh voters listed in panchayat rolls, 55 lakh beneficiaries of government welfare schemes and around 4.5 lakh voters in the 18–19 age group. The Chief Minister has said the state has approached the Election Commission seeking the inclusion of eligible voters.The controversy comes amid a wider political battle over SIR ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Akhilesh Yadav has also called for electoral reforms, including Aadhaar-linked voter identification, metal voter cards and biometric verification.The Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer has said that queries...