Akhilesh Yadav claims infighting in UP BJP over deletion of voters’ name

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that infighting in the Uttar Pradesh BJP is rooted in the fact that BJP MLAs have already received news that 2.89 crore voters’ names have been removed from the electoral rolls while it is being made out to be a confrontation stemming from a “rebel meeting”.

In a social media post on Saturday, Akhilesh pointed out that Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi himself had admitted that 85-90 per cent of those removed from the voter list were his own supporters. Presenting the political arithmetic, he said, “Even if we consider only 85% of 28,900,000 voters were of BJP, the figure comes to approximately 24,565,000. Now, if we divide this figure by the total 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, the number comes to approximately 61,000 votes per seat. This leads to the conclusion that the BJP will proportionally receive 61,000 fewer votes in each seat in Uttar Pradesh. In such a scenario, they won’t even be able to form a government; they won’t even reach double digits in terms of seats.”

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Yadav further said, “This is why the internal conflict is now manifesting in mutual accusations, bickering, and open notices. BJP MLAs are holding separate meetings to demonstrate that neither the BJP government, the BJP organization, nor their allies are listening to them, and therefore their work is not getting done. Consequently, when a survey is conducted to evaluate their performance before the elections, they will fail. This is the fundamental reason why they have all come together to defend themselves”.

“These “disgruntled” elements, which have reached the point of rebellion, have received nothing but infamy from the massive corruption of a select few in the BJP. The BJP’s own actions have led to its downfall,” he added.