lucknow accusing the bjp of trying to influence election results samajwadi party president akhilesh yadav on tuesday alleged that senior officials from the cms office are making phone calls to district magistrates across the state instructing them to slow down the counting of votes at places where the bjp is found trailingdescribing the up assembly elections as the battle to save democracy akhilesh said any attempt to steal votes would lead the country to a situation where people would have to launch a movement to restore democracyye loktantra ki akhiri ladai hai iske baad janata ko jis tarah azadi ki ladai ladi gayi thi usi tarah ki kranti karni padegi tabhi badlaav aayega this is the ultimate battle to save democracy next people will have to launch a movement similar to that of freedom struggle to bring change he saidhe called upon the sp cadre to stay put at all strongrooms in the state and guard evms till the last vote is counted make sure not a single machine goes out of your sight in 2017 bjp won 47 seats where the margin was less than 5000 votes such seats need special attention during counting he saidtake along drums and musical instruments put up camps outside strong rooms and sing anthem of change and celebrate democracy akhilesh said adding that he had appointed district in charge of special teams to guard strongroomsakhilesh has also written to the election commission seeking jammers around strong rooms and vote counting centres to ensure that technology is not misused to tamper evmsciting instances of evms and postal ballot papers being handled by government officials in blatant violation of the ec strictures akhilesh said his party cadre and alliance partners in varanasi intercepted a truck taking evms to an undisclosed locationthe sp and alliance members intercepted one truck while two other trucks sped away the entire incident was videographed which is available on social media platforms he said accusing the varanasi dm of violating norms at the behest of his political masters he also demanded action against varanasi dm providing the registration number of a garbage truck of the bareilly municipal corporation akhilesh said the vehicle was found carrying trunks which had postal ballots and stamps in sonebhadra and lucknow objectionable items were found in government vehicles everything has been recorded uncut and videos have been preserved but no one is listening to our complaints he saideven if they have to ferry election material why it is not being done after informing the candidates he askedrefusing to comment on exit poll numbers he said it could have been tailored to create a perception that bjp was winning comfortablythis is being done to ensure that any manipulation is easily covered up by such a perception it is a matter of investigation as to who has funded these exit polls have media houses purchased the data of these exit polls or it has been presented to them as gift or free of cost he asked