Overview
- Election officials confirmed on Monday that errors appeared in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council voter rolls after polling on October 23 and that investigations have begun before counting scheduled for October 27.
- Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa shared example slips showing entries such as a father’s name recorded as 'Ram ne Sharma ko Maara' and said the mistakes were caused by the system translating mistyped English inputs into Hindi instead of transliterating them.
- Rinwa publicly rejected allegations of caste bias with a sarcastic remark that computers are not casteist, saying officials accept the mistake but stressed no deliberate discrimination took place.
- The CEO’s office said some viral voter slips are forgeries and warned those responsible will face legal action while urging media and users to verify items with officials before publishing.
- Officials noted a human editing feature could have fixed many errors at the registration stage, and they instructed local election officers to explain anomalies and take corrective steps to protect voters’ rights on polling day.