LUCKNOW, Oct. 18 -- Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa on Saturday directed all district electoral officers and electoral registration officers to strictly comply with the Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines on applications filed through Form 7, which is used to raise objections to the inclusion of names in, or seek deletion of names from, existing electoral rolls.

Under Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, knowingly making a false statement or declaration in writing in connection with the preparation, revision or correction of an electoral roll, or the inclusion or deletion of any entry in it, is a punishable offence. The guilty person can be sentenced to imprisonment for up to one year, f...