New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Uttar Pradesh election authorities have ordered disciplinary and statutory action against officials and staff over lapses in the preparation and supervision of electoral rolls in Azamgarh, following a Samajwadi Party allegation that the name Vikas Yadav appeared 10 times in the constituency's voter list.
An inquiry found 13 entries bearing the same name in Hindi but established that they related to different individuals, rather than confirming that the same person had been registered multipletimes.
The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh, said on Saturday that a computer assistant and five Booth Level Officers (BLOs) had been held responsible for lapses and directed that they be removed immediately f...