Lucknow, Oct. 22 -- Serious questions have been raised over the accuracy of electoral rolls in Pilibhit after a preliminary Congress probe allegedly found different voter names and fathers' names recorded against the same Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number in the Pilibhit Sadar Assembly constituency following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
The controversy comes amid administrative action against two sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs), Mayank Goswami of Puranpur and Hemant Chaudhary of Amaria, who have been attached to the district headquarters following a preliminary inquiry.
However, the administration has not officially confirmed whether the action against the two officers is directly linked to the alleged discrepancies in the electoral rolls.
According to Congress spokesperson and advocate Hemant Mishra, the party conducted a sample verification of the electoral roll in the Sadar constituency and found instances in which the same EPIC number was associated with different voter names and fathers' names.
The exact nature of the discrepancies, the stage at which they occurred and those responsible for them will be established only after the inquiry is completed.
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