Samajwadi Party Demands Affidavit from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Over Allegations

The memorandum asked why the Election Commission was silent on the religion-based allegation of the Chief Minister. The Commission should save its credibility by seeking an affidavit from Yogi Adityanath. The SP reminded that after the 2022 Assembly elections, SP president Akhilesh Yadav had received a notice on the allegation of electoral rolls being tampered with. The Commission had then written that electoral rolls are not prepared on the basis of religion or caste. The memorandum also objected to the change of location of polling station number 308, Primary School Kakria, in Karhal Assembly constituency of Mainpuri parliamentary constituency. The decision to shift it to Chauhanpur has been described as irregular and unjust. The party has demanded a reconsideration of this decision. The centre should be in a village with more voters if there are multiple villages in the polling area, as per the Advertisement Manual October 2020. Kakria has significantly more voters than Chauhanpur, hence the change of location is a clear violation of the rules. All voters in village Kakria belong to Other Backward Classes, while Chauhanpur has two-thirds Other Backward Classes and one-third Scheduled Castes. Dr. Harish K. Singh Srivastava, State Secretary of the SP's working committee, had objected to this.