Akhilesh reiterates his accusations of 18,000 affidavits and voter deletion, but the picture in the four seats he identified is more complicated.

At least three district magistrates from Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, Jaunpur, and Kasganj districts have refuted claims made by Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, that there were widespread voter deletions and irregularities during the state Assembly elections in 2022.Speaking to media in the Parliament complex on Monday, Akhilesh stated that the SP has provided the Election Commission (EC) with affidavits regarding the matter and provided some documents that, in his opinion, indicated the irregularities.

In the 2022 elections, he then expressly mentioned "targeted" voter deletions against "certain communities" in the seats of Amanpur, Bakshi Ka Talab, Jaunpur Sadar, and Kursi Assembly.Bakshi Ka Talab is in the district of Lucknow, Kursi is in Barabanki, Jaunpur Sadar is in Jaunpur district, and the Amanpur Assembly seat is in Kasganj district. The BJP won all four in the Assembly elections of 2017 and 2022. Together with the Congress, the SP had run in the 2017 Assembly elections.When the Congress and SP campaigned together once more in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, their alliance won every seat in the Lok Sabha that these Assembly segments are under. Barabanki DM Shashank Tripathi stated in a post that two voters from the Kursi Assembly constituency had submitted affidavits alleging that their names had been mistakenly removed from the election lists. Nevertheless, the DM stated that after investigation, it was discovered that both individuals' names were correctly listed on the electoral rolls.