By Admin 
Samajwadi Party (SP) national president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav alleged large-scale misuse of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of voter lists and claimed on Sunday that government-appointed professional agencies were targeting select booths where his party had won the elections.
SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav said, “The government has appointed some agencies which include professionals working from Delhi, Lucknow and other places across the country. They have the data of the entire voter list available and through this they are identifying the booths where the Samajwadi Party has won. ‘Form-VII’ is used to include someone’s name in the voter list or remove it from the list.
The former chief minister alleged that the SIR process has already influenced the election results. He said, “It is only through SIR that they have succeeded in winning Bihar elections. SIR has played an important role in this.” Akhilesh Yadav alleged that similar efforts are going on in West Bengal also. He said, “BJP is trying to do the same in West Bengal. That’s why the government and the Chief Minister are repeatedly saying that the Election Commission has become the BJP’s commission.
Referring to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s own advocacy in the Supreme Court, Yadav said, “She was forced to wear a black coat to appear in the Supreme Court against the BJP.” This shows what kind of discrimination is taking place and the Election Commission has become an ‘ally’ of BJP. The SP chief said that many party workers and ‘watchdogs’ of PDA (backward, Dalit, minority) had objected to the suspicious forms.
He said, “From time to time, our organization, PDA guards and responsible leaders and workers have handed us pre-filled forms.” Akhilesh Yadav also mentioned some specific cases. He said, “The matter related to Dasharatha and Nandlal has now come to light. Nandlal is with us today. I am happy that Bahadur Nandlal is standing with us.” Alleging fake signatures, Yadav said, “This is the same Nandlal whose signature was allegedly taken by BJP. Nandlal uses thumb impression.