Chandigarh, Oct. 12 -- Strongly refuting claims surrounding the Ludhiana East constituency, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anandita Mitra on Monday asserted that reports alleging Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh's photograph was printed against an elector's entry in the final voter list are "completely incorrect," clarifying that an error from an earlier draft was already rectified during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

Addressing ANI following the publication of the final electoral rolls for all 117 assembly constituencies, Mitra explained that the anomaly had occurred in an older roll and was formally identified and rectified during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 exercise.

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