Speaking to reporters after arriving at the Samajwadi Party's state headquarters in Lucknow, Yadav said the BJP had convened important organisational meetings to prepare for the alleged shifting and addition of voters.
“If it is true that 1.27 crore Hindu voters are missing, that is precisely why this meeting (of BJP) is taking place. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing regarding those 'shifting' votes, votes that were deleted due to people relocating (to Delhi or elsewhere), or instances where fraudulent names had been added,” news agency ANI quoted Yadav as saying.
He further alleged that the BJP was planning to bring people from Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, among other states, to get their names registered as voters in Uttar Pradesh.
Yadav accused the ruling party of attempting to manipulate the electoral rolls through what he described as underground or unregistered elements. The BJP had not issued an immediate response to the allegations.
The SP chief was speaking after arriving at the party headquarters to attend an election review meeting with assembly-level presidents of 86 reserved constituencies.
Yogi Adityanath claims 1.27 crore Hindu voters missing from rolls
The political confrontation follows Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's recent claim that approximately 1.27 crore Hindu voters were missing from Uttar Pradesh's electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. He also alleged that the proportion of Muslim voters had increased by 1.65%.
Speaking to a private television channel, Adityanath pointed to discrepancies between the panchayat and Assembly electoral rolls, claiming that around 66 lakh voters listed in panchayat records were missing from the Assembly rolls.
He further claimed that the names of 55 lakh Hindu beneficiaries of government welfare schemes and 4.5 lakh voters in the 18-19 age group were missing from the electoral rolls.
The Chief Minister said the BJP had submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking the inclusion of eligible voters whose names had allegedly been left out.
The claims have triggered a political dispute over the conduct and outcome of the SIR exercise ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
According to Election Commission figures, the state's electorate declined from approximately 15.44 crore before the revision exercise to 13.39 crore in the final electoral rolls published on April 10, 2026. More than 2.04 crore names were removed, while over 84 lakh voters were subsequently added.
The Election Commission has also directed officials to examine discrepancies between Assembly and panchayat electoral rolls. Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa has said he would address queries relating to the revision exercise on November 17.
Akhilesh thanks PDA workers for protecting voters' names
Yadav also thanked PDA volunteers, party workers and leaders for helping protect voters' names during the revision exercise and sharing information about alleged deletions.
The term PDA, coined by Yadav, stands for Pichhda (backward classes, including OBCs), Dalit and Alpsankhyak (minorities, including Muslims and other groups). It has become a central component of the Samajwadi Party's political strategy in Uttar Pradesh.
The SP chief alleged that the BJP had made extensive attempts to delete voters' names on a large scale but claimed that PDA communities had managed to protect their votes.
He also described Adityanath's claim about 1.27 crore missing Hindu voters as part of a deep-rooted conspiracy aimed at spreading fear in society and securing political benefits, news agency PTI reported.