UP SIR 2026 Controversy: The opposition is continuously raising questions regarding SIR. Many opposition parties including Congress and SP have alleged wrongful deletion of voters' names in the SIR. But, now UP CM Yogi Adityanath himself has claimed that in SIR the number of Muslim voters in the state has increased by 1.63 percent and the names of 1 crore 27 lakh Hindu voters have been deleted. After which politics has started heating up, because till now the top leadership of BJP has been openly supporting SIR.
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While talking to a private news channel, CM Yogi Adityanath has said that Akhilesh Yadav has benefited from SIR in UP. He will not demand withdrawal of SIR. Raising questions on the SIR process, he further said that in the SIR, the number of Muslim voters in the state has increased by 1.63 percent and the names of 1 crore 27 lakh Hindu voters have been deleted. CM Yogi also said that he has asked the Election Commission as to how the names of such a large number of Hindu voters were deleted. However, SIR is necessary to remove infiltrators… They have given a memorandum to the Election Commission and asked why Hindu voters have decreased?
When Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak was asked about CM Yogi's comment, he said, “The issue of SIR is of the Election Commission of India. It is their responsibility to go door-to-door and add the names of voters in every situation. If there is negligence at any level, then action should be taken against them. This is the work of the officers as political party allies and the way the Election Commission of India has worked. They should once again protect the rights of the voters and add their names.”