In the wake of discrepancies found in voter rolls of Pilibhit and Azamgarh Assembly constituencies, triggering scrutiny of the electoral registration process, Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa on Sunday directed officials to scrutinise all Forms 6, 7 and 8 entered by computer assistants since the conclusion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) on April 10 this year. He also warned of strict action against officials responsible for any recurrence of irregularities.

Both in Pilibhit and Azamgarh districts, the CEO had removed the computer assistants after discrepancies in the electoral roll emerged.

While Form 6 is used for inclusion of a person’s name in the electoral roll, Form 7 is used to object to the proposed inclusion of a name or to request deletion of an existing entry from the electoral roll.…