UP SIR: Two poll officials suspended, FIRs ordered over Pilibhit voter roll irregularities
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The Election Commission on Saturday directed that first information reports be filed against two electoral registration officers in Uttar Pradesh and ordered their suspension over irregularities in the electoral rolls for the Pilibhit Sadar Assembly constituency, The Indian Express reported.
Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa had directed the immediate deactivation of the login IDs of all computer assistants working on the Election Commission’s ECINET portal in the offices of electoral registration officers across the state.
The developments follow the Congress’ October 21 allegations that the names of more than 13,000 voters had been replaced with those of other persons after the final electoral rolls were published in the Pilibhit Sadar constituency.
A day later, Rinwa said that “irregularities” had been found in 10,470 entries in the constituency after the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
In the 2022 Assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sanjay Gangwar won the seat by a margin of less than 7,000 votes.
An investigation by the Pilibhit district election officer found that a computer assistant had entered 13,779 Form 8 applications. Form 8 is used to correct details in an existing electoral roll or shift a voter’s residence. However, no physical forms or supporting documents were available to support the “corrections”.
On October 22, Rinwa said that legal action would be...