UP Election Office Orders Disciplinary Action After Multiple 'Vikas Yadav' Entries Found

Overview

• A complaint by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on October 15 prompted a preliminary inquiry that found 13 entries named 'Vikas Yadav' in the final electoral roll for the 347‑Azamgarh assembly constituency.
• Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa has ordered chargesheets against the Electoral Registration Officer and two assistant officers and has initiated removal or termination processes for several booth‑level staff and a computer assistant.
• Election officials deleted two duplicate 'Vikas Yadav' records and filed Form 8 applications to correct the names or details of 10 of the remaining 11 similarly named entries; the Azamgarh DEO was directed to audit all assembly rolls in the district within a week.
• A separate Pilibhit inquiry found irregularities in 10,470 entries in Pilibhit Sadar, which led to legal action against two Electoral Registration Officers and orders to terminate a voter‑registration centre computer assistant.
• The cases expose weaknesses in roll preparation and verification, risk depriving eligible voters if uncorrected, and underline that Form 8 is the standard tool to fix voter details and that officials can face departmental proceedings under election rules.