Lucknow, Oct. 26 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has put under mandatory scrutiny all names added, deleted or amended in the voter list across Uttar Pradesh through Forms 6 (registration), 7 (deletion), and 8 (correction of entries) fed by computer assistants in all 403 assembly constituencies of the state after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process ended on April 10. The decision follows the detection of anomalies in electoral rolls of various assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, particularly in districts like Pilibhit and Azamgarh.

Though the number is estimated to be in several lakhs, ECI has released no data of the deletion or addition of names to the voter list post completion of SIR in April.

The ECI has also...