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Story summary
- Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa ordered an inquiry into electoral-roll errors in Uttar Pradesh.
- 158 of the 1,481,000 names in 11 constituencies were flagged as unusual.
- A translation bug turned “Ram hit Yadav” into the Hindi phrase “Ram ne Yadav ko maara.”
- A human entry mistakenly listed “B.Com” as the voter’s father’s name.
- Rinwa directed district officials to verify documents and ensure no eligible voter is turned away.