New Delhi, Lucknow: Concerned over reports that nearly 1.27 crore “Hindu voters” have been missing from the draft electoral rolls after the special intensive revision (SIR) of the voters list in Uttar Pradesh, the ruling BJP will be launching a door-to-door campaign from next week to get the eligible names included. The issue has also turned into a political controversy, with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleging that Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s “missing Hindu voters” claim is part of a conspiracy “to spread fear in society”. He also accused the Uttar Pradesh CM of trying to get people from other states to get included in the electoral roll.
At a time when the BJP is defending the SIR, the exercise appears to have backfired in chief minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh, where Assembly polls are due early next year. The issue has become a major cause of concern for the saffron party, which has now tasked its district level heads, district in-charges, regional heads and regional in-charges to reach out to each and every house to get eligible names included in the poll-bound state’s final electoral roll.
A workshop of the state leadership was held in Lucknow on Friday in this regard, which was attended by Adityanath, both deputy CMs – Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, state unit chief Pankaj Chaudhary and other senior leaders. BJP’s district heads, district incharges, regional heads and regional incharges also attended the meeting.
At the workshop, according to sources, the BJP leaders have been told to mobilise the cadre to “resolve the discrepancies” in the voter list. The party, it is learnt, will be mobilising nearly 30-lakh cadres for this door-to-door campaign. The party will be forming special monitoring teams to oversee the campaign.
Accusing Adityanath of trying to “rile up sentiments” on the issue, Yadav, in Lucknow, said, “The chief minister somehow knows exactly how many votes have been struck off the electoral rolls… I feel his remark is part of a conspiracy. It is a calculated move and intended to spread fear in society… He has made the comment to rile up sentiments he can benefit from.”
The SP chief questioned how the CM reached the conclusion that the names of 1.27 crore Hindu voters have been deleted from the electoral rolls. “How the Election Commission provided him this information remains a mystery,” said the former UP CM, who had urged the poll panel to issue a notice to Adityanath over his claim.
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