Yogi Claims 1.27 Crore Hindu Voters Missing After SIR, Muslim Numbers Rise | Plain Speak

Uttar Pradesh's electoral rolls are at the centre of a fresh political confrontation ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that 1.27 crore Hindu voters whose names appeared in the state's panchayat electoral lists are missing from the Election Commission's Assembly rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). He has also claimed that the number of Muslim voters increased by 1.65 per cent after the exercise. The BJP says it has approached the Election Commission, seeking the inclusion of eligible voters allegedly left out of the revised rolls.But the figures have triggered questions from the Opposition. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has challenged Yogi's claim and questioned the source of the data. The comparison itself needs scrutiny: panchayat and Assembly electoral rolls are maintained for different elections, and a difference between them does not automatically establish that every name represents an eligible voter wrongly excluded from the Assembly list.n18oc_Indian18oc_Plain SpeakNews18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube