Yogi Adityanath Holds High-Level BJP Meet Ahead Of 2027 UP Polls, Calls For Focus On Women And Youth Voters

November 13, 2026

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday chaired a core group meeting with top BJP leaders besides emphasising the need focusing on female electorate and youths. He urged party members to protect the unity.

In the meeting, attended by key party leaders including state president Pankaj Chaudhary, Adityanath said party workers must mobilise a lot of voters and ensure that party communicate with reach all sections of society.

He also urged workers to mobilise those from outside the state to come back and vote in the Assembly polls scheduled to be held next year. He added that voters who lack in electoral rolls must be included.

Yogi’s Claims On Missing Hindu Votes

The meeting comes against backdrop of controversy over claims made by Adityanath on around 1.27 crore Hindus getting their names erased from electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

The Chief Minister also claims that Muslim community in the State has increased by 1.63 per cent after the revision. He said that the BJP would question the issue with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and would urge for including eligible voters.

Adityanath’s claims have caused controversy in the state. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has questioned how the Chief Minister arrived at the figure of 1.27 crore missing Hindu votes and has asked whether the Election Commission shared the figures with the state’s Chief Minister.

Samajwadi Party chief slams BJP For Creating Panic

“His statements tried to create panic within people. This was a well-planned conspiracy to impact voting. They tried to influence the voting,” Akhilesh Yadav told media in Lucknow on Friday.

The former CM also alleged that the BJP plans to bring in people from different states such as Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand to register eligible voters.

He alleged that lists of eligible voters shown in polling booths could be different which may lead to eligible voters being rejected.

“Strict arrangements must be made so that nobody is rejected from any polling booth.”

This issue of the voter lists has become the major issue among 2027 UP Assembly elections. BJP and Samajwadi Party are accusing each other over the SIR exercise and including eligible voters.