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Electoral Chief Rejects Caste-Bias Claims Over Voter Slip Error
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- Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa rejected caste-bias claims after a voter slip read “Ram ne Yadav ko Maara.”
- Rinwa said the program transliterates English names to Hindi and sometimes translates words, creating erroneous sentences.
- Rinwa warned forged voter slips circulate online and said offenders will face legal action.
- He added authorities are investigating the anomalies and will add safeguards to stop future software mistakes.