Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday demanded the removal of booth-level officers, additional district magistrates (elections) and electoral registration officers allegedly “appointed on caste and religious grounds” before the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh.

The Election Commission on Monday announced that it will conduct phase two of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in 12 states and Union Territories, including Uttar Pradesh.

In a memorandum submitted to the chief electoral officer, Samajwadi Party’s state president Shyam Lal Pal alleged bias in the appointments made for conducting the SIR across the 403 assembly constituencies in the state.

He alleged that the ruling BJP government has influenced the process by appointing officials who shared it

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