1.27 crore Hindu voters missing from UP electoral rolls: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that more than one crore Hindu voters from electoral rolls have been deleted in the state, urging BJP workers to identify eligible voters whose names are missing and ensure their registration. At the BJP state executive committee meeting on Friday in Lucknow, he claimed that the names of 1.27 crore Hindus were missing from the electoral rolls and stressed the need to ensure that all eligible voters were included. 
He said the alleged deletions were weakening the party's position in 28 urban local body constituencies. Citing population figures, Adityanath argued that Uttar Pradesh should have more than 16 crore voters, against the current electorate of approximately 13 crore. He also pointed out that 66 lakh people whose names figure in the panchayat electoral rolls were missing from the Assembly constituency voter lists.He cited several categories of people whose names, he claimed, had not been included in the voter lists. He also claimed that approximately 55 lakh beneficiaries of government welfare schemes were not registered as voters. 
Yogi further pointed to the omission of around 4.5 lakh young people aged between 18 and 19, saying their names were also missing from the electoral rolls. Adityanath expressed concern that only four lakh voters had been added to the state's electoral rolls during the previous SIR exercise. He instructed BJP workers to coordinate with Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to ensure that all eligible voters were included in the rolls and called for regular reviews of the exercise.
More than 2.04 crore voters were removed from Uttar Pradesh's electoral rolls following the SIR exercise, with deletions largely concentrated in urban areas and a higher proportion of women voters affected. More than 84 lakh new voters were added, taking the final electorate to 13,39,84,792, according to data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI).