The Uttar Pradesh Election Commission suspends two poll officials and orders FIRs after allegations of irregularities in the voter rolls for Pilibhit, according to multiple reports. The commission also directs the deactivation of ECINET login IDs used by computer assistants/operators working in Election Registration Officer (ERO) offices.
The outlets describe the same sequence of actions linked to claims by opposition parties, including the Congress, that voter details were altered around the Pilibhit Sadar Assembly seat. Scroll.in reports that FIRs are ordered and suspensions issued, while The Hindu focuses on the effect of the login deactivations on computer assistants in UP ERO offices. Scroll.in further adds that the allegation involves names of more than 13,000 voters being replaced with those of other people after the final list is published.
While details of the alleged number and phrasing vary slightly across summaries, all accounts connect the commission’s steps—suspensions, FIRs, and ECINET access restrictions—to the same Pilibhit voter-roll misuse controversy raised by opposition parties.
