CM remark intended to spread fear: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday claimed Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath's assertion that names of 1.27 crore Hindu voters are missing from the state electoral roll is part of a conspiracy "to spread fear in society". Speaking to reporters at the party office here, Yadav 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 very calculated, and intended to spread fear in society." "He has made the comment to rile up sentiments he can benefit from," Yadav asserted. "How can the chief minister say that names of 1.27 crore Hindu voters have been deleted? How the Election Commission provided him this information remains a mystery," he added.