Akhilesh Yadav 'BJP trying to manipulate UP polls like Bengal'

Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of manipulating elections and alleged that if the “same dishonesty” witnessed in Bihar and West Bengal was repeated in Uttar Pradesh, future elections could be jeopardised.

Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating Urmila Garden at Soron Gate in Kasganj, Yadav said, “The kind of



dishonesty seen in the Bihar and West Bengal elections, if the same loot and dishonesty happen in Uttar Pradesh, then there may never be elections in the future.”

He alleged that the BJP was trying to reshape the electoral process to suit its interests. “The BJP has also played games with women’s reservation. They want a Lok Sabha of their own design, one in which opposition leaders are unable to win,” he said.