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Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav raised several issues including paper leaks and counting of votes through EVMs, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. He also mentioned that INDIA alliance is in favour of the caste census and when the Opposition's bloc come to power the Agniveer scheme will be scrapped. The leaders of INDIA bloc have been retreating it.

Speaking about the EVMs the Kannauj MP said that he won't trust EVMs even if the Samajwadi Party wins all the 80 seats in elections. "I didn't have trust in EVMs earlier, I won't have trust in it in future. Even if I win all the 80 seats."

"When the Model Code of Conduct was imposed, the government and the commission were favouring some people. I do not want to go into details. Somewhere a question has been raised on that institution as well," Yadav said in an apparent reference to the Election Commission.

He further stated that INDIA bloc is in favour of the caste census, also adding that it will remove MSP and Agniveer scheme once it comes to power.

"We are in favour of caste census. We can never accept the Agniveer scheme. When the INDIA alliance comes to power, the Agniveer scheme will be scrapped. Legal guarantee of MSP on crops has not be implemented. Horticulture crops should also be given MSP," he said while participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the president's address.

Yadav referred to June 4, the day when Lok Sabha election results were declared as the day of independence from communal politics for India.

"The whole India has understood that INDIA is pro-India. This election is the moral victory of INDIA. It is a victory of positive politics. It is victory of PDA, social justice movement. 2024's message is also full of responsibility for the INDIA bloc," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.

"This election is a new era of positive politics, pro-Constitution people have won, the Constitution has won... It is the end of top-down politics," he added.