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Pilibhit voters’ list controversy: ECI orders suspension of two EROs

Pilibhit voters’ list controversy: ECI orders suspension of two EROs
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Opposition parties, primarily the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP), alleged large-scale electoral roll manipulation in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit Assembly constituency. File
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Opposition parties, primarily the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP), alleged large-scale electoral roll manipulation in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit Assembly constituency. File | Photo Credit: PTI

The Election Commission of India has ordered the suspension of two electoral registration officers (EROs) in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit Assembly constituency over alleged irregularities in the electoral roll and directed the addition of a penal provision to an FIR lodged against them.

In a letter to the chief electoral officer (CEO), Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday (October 31), the Commission directed that EROs Mayank Goswami and Hemant Chaudhary be placed under immediate suspension.

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