Lucknow, Oct. 26 -- A total of 163 duplicate entries in the rolls of five assembly constituencies in Basti district in Uttar Pradesh surfaced during statewide scrutiny ordered by the Election Commission of India (ECI) after opposition parties flagged anomalies in the voter lists in Pilibhit Sadar and Azamgarh segments, a senior official said on Sunday. Additional district magistrate Gyan Chandra Gupta, who serves as the deputy district election officer, said that the drive from October 20 focused on flagging "demographic similar entries (DSE) and photo similar entries (PSE)". DSE refers to multiple entries that share identical personal details, and PSE refers to the same photograph appearing in more than one entry. "During the drive, 163 de...