'Vikas Yadav' appears 11 times in UP voters' list; probe on
Lucknow, Oct. 25 -- The Election Commission of India has ordered an investigation, including a legal action for departmental proceedings, against officialsafter a voter's name appeared11 times in the electoral rollsin Azamgarh assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh, state chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said onSaturday, adding that the action came after taking cognisance of the allegations by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
Rinwa said a preliminary investigation found that the name-"Vikas Yadav"-was initially listed 13 times in the voters' list of the Azamgarh constituency, having identical father's name, age and address. Later, two entries were deleted.
"A probe indicated that 11 entries were associated with different people having the identical name of Vikas Yadav. All of them are residents of various villages in the constituency, but their father's name, address and date of birth, were identical. Taking cognisance of the error, the district election officer got Form-8 (for correction of entries in existing electoral rolls) filled by 10 of them, excluding the actual Vikas Yadav, for correction of details," Rinwa said.
On October 15, Akhilesh Yadav raised the issue at a press conference, alleging anomalies in the voter list.
The poll body has directed issuing charge sheets under Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, to begin departmental proceedings against a former electoral registration officer (ERO), two assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) and the dismissal of five booth level officers (BLOs) and a computer assistant, the CEO said.
The district election officer has also been directed to check voter lists in Azamgarh and other assembly constituencies and submit a report within a week. After a thorough probe, the EC may order registration of an FIR against the erring officers, he added....
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