{"id":29381,"date":"2026-09-27T11:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29381"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:13:52","slug":"we-trusted-ec-in-2017-akhilesh-alleges-poll-officials-deleted-sp-votes-in-2022-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29381","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We trusted EC in 2017&#8217;: Akhilesh alleges poll officials deleted SP votes in 2022 | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134518825,imgsize-84534,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg\" alt=\"'We trusted EC in 2017': Akhilesh alleges poll officials deleted SP votes in 2022\" title=\"Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Election Commission and officials had worked together to delete votes belonging to the Samajwadi Party.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Election Commission and officials had worked together to delete votes belonging to the Samajwadi Party.\">Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Election Commission and officials had worked together to delete votes belonging to the Samajwadi Party.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/samajwadi-party\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samajwadi Party<\/a> chief <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/akhilesh-yadav\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akhilesh Yadav<\/a> has again trained his guns at the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/election-commission\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Commission<\/a>. Reviving his allegations about the conduct of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, he said the votes of SP supporters were deliberately deleted. <!-- -->His latest attack comes amid the ongoing controversy over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Akhilesh said that the alleged malpractice was not new. He said it had been taking place for years and has only been exposed now.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>&#8220;This malpractice has been going on all along; the only difference now is that it has been exposed,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The SP chief also went back to the 2022 election. He alleged that the Election Commission and officials had worked together to delete votes belonging to the Samajwadi Party.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>He said, &#8220;We didn&#8217;t pay enough attention in 2017. We trusted and believed that the Election Commission would be impartial and would not compromise its credibility.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>He added that his concerns became clear after the 2022 Assembly election results, saying, &#8220;When the results came out in 2022, I remember stating at our national convention that the Election Commission and officials had colluded to deliberately delete the votes of the Samajwadi Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Akhilesh further alleged that people who had voted in the 2019 elections were subsequently prevented from voting in 2022.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>&#8220;Those who had voted in 2019 were denied the opportunity to vote in 2022\u2014without notice and without adherence to any rules or laws\u2014and the result was that a Samajwadi government was not formed in 2022,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>His latest remarks come against the backdrop of the continuing political row over the Election Commission&#8217;s SIR exercise after a report by Indian Express revealed objections raised by two of the three election commissioners for the revision.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>Opposition parties have since raised concerns over the revision of electoral rolls and the possibility of eligible voters being left out.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/we-trusted-ec-in-2017-akhilesh-alleges-poll-officials-deleted-sp-votes-in-2022\/articleshow\/134518817.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Election Commission and officials had worked together to delete votes belonging to the Samajwadi Party. NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has again trained his guns at the Election Commission. Reviving his allegations about the conduct of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, he said the votes of SP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/akhilesh-yadav-attack-election-commission-gyanesh-kumar-gupta-election-muchua.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Election Commission and officials had worked together to delete votes belonging to the Samajwadi Party. 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