“Irregularities” have been found in 10,470 entries in the electoral roll of the Pilibhit Assembly constituency after the special intensive revision, said the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Thursday.
Rinwa also announced that legal action will be taken against the current and former electoral registration officers in the constituency, while the services of a computer assistant at the Voter Registration Centre of Pilibhit will be terminated.
The action was taken after an investigation by the Pilibhit district election officer showed that the computer assistant had entered 13,779 Form 8 applications.
Form 8 is meant for shifting residence and correcting details in an existing electoral roll.
“No forms or records related to any of these entries were found available in the office,” said the chief election officer.
He added that of the total, 10,470 forms for “corrections” were approved. Irregularities were found in all of them, said Rinwa.
The statement came a day after the Congress alleged that the names of more than 13,000 voters were replaced with those of other persons after the final electoral list was released in April following the special intensive revision.
The voter identity card numbers and serial numbers of these voters had remained the same, said the party.
“If the EPIC number remains the same but another person’s name is entered against it, the original voter...