Artificial Intelligence, the all-pervading technology that is transforming human lives, means different things to different people. For the Samajwadi Party (SP) president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, AI can be a useful tool to achieve a political victory.
“We will use AI technology to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in the coming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh,” Akhilesh said, while addressing the ‘Vision India Summit” organised by his party in Hyderabad. The event, being held across major cities, is aimed at creating awareness among the youth about the role of technology in governance and its potential to transform the future. The first such summit was organized in Bengaluru, followed by Hyderabad.
The SP leader waxed eloquent on the application of AI technologies in various sectors including in the area of election management. “We shall make the best use of AI in curbing electoral malpractices in the next assembly elections in UP,” he said.
The SP, which boasts of representing socialist ideals, has a long history of opposing usage of English and adoption of high-tech tools in administration and detesting western models of development.
However, Akhilesh is now convinced that the AI technology can be harnessed to tame the BJP which, he alleged, was using the Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls (SIR) as a devious tool to remove voters opposed to the saffron party in UP.
“ The SIR is nothing but NRC in disguise. It is part of a larger conspiracy to remove voters opposed to the BJP,” he said. He attributed the loss of legitimate votes to the improper use of technology and accused the BJP of resorting to SIR purely to gain an electoral advantage in states like Uttar Pradesh.
Alleging that the BJP was attempting to delete the names of nearly three crore voters from the electoral list in UP through the SIR process, he urged the Election Commission to prioritise boosting voter participation instead of facilitating large-scale deletions.
“Since it cannot directly implement NRC, the BJP government is using the SIR process to achieve the same objective,” the SP chief alleged.
Akhilesh said AI technology must be harnessed to strengthen law enforcement and ensure public safety.
He expressed confidence that future advancements in AI would promote positive thinking and a constructive outlook among people.
The SP chief reiterated that his party was firmly opposed to divisive politics and said the Vision India platform was working with the sole objective of countering such tendencies through positive, development-oriented and progressive politics.
Raising concerns over the surge in cybercrime, Akhilesh Yadav said UP was witnessing the highest number of cyber offences in the country, with cyber scams increasing at an alarming rate. He pointed out that cyber fraudsters were not only targeting ordinary citizens but were also cheating high-ranking officials, including IAS officers and judges.
He asserted that the Samajwadi Party would continue to remain part of the INDIA alliance and reiterated his commitment to collective opposition unity against the BJP.
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