"Election Snatcher": Akhilesh Yadav Says Gyanesh Kumar Must Step Down

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav added his voice to ally Congress's senior leader Rahul Gandhi to slam the Election Commission, saying they act like "puppets". The officials, he added, have been facilitating vote theft. "If the vote of this generation had not been stolen, the Samajwadi government would have been formed in 2022," he told reporters."The entire secret of the Election Commission has been exposed and they are working like puppets... Such a terrible thing would never have happened in a democracy," he added."Inhone chunav Noucha (they have snatched away the election, they are poll snatchers (Chunav Nochwa) we have seen," Yadav said. "Given such serious allegations, the Chief Election Commissioner should step down voluntarily.