ECI orders suspension of two UP Election Officers, directs statewide voter roll audit

New Delhi, Nov 1 (UNI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the immediate suspension of two Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in Uttar Pradesh over alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls of the Pilibhit Assembly constituency and directed a comprehensive re-examination of voter lists across the state to identify possible discrepancies in the addition, deletion and modification of electoral entries. In a letter dated October 31 to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the Commission named Mayank Goswami and Hemant Chaudhary, the two EROs responsible for the 127-Pilibhit Assembly constituency, and directed the state authorities to place them…