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...or 'action against' the officials but stopping short of dismissal. The BJP members claimed that the EC had accepted the irregularities during the preparation of voters' lists and had recommended disciplinary actionagainst 10 officials the members said. Mr. Digvijay Singh responded by urging the EC to review the 'harsh' recommendation. On March 16, however, the EC reconfirmed its recommendation for the immediate suspension of the officials Mr. Singh then stated that the irregularities were mere printing errors and not deliberate actions on part of electoral officers. He pointed out that there had been no errors in the original voters' lists and said they neither contained any irrelevant names nor did any name have to be included. This statement led to the opposition BJP raising a furore over the poor election management by the Chief Minister. The party quoted an earlier statement of Mr. Singh that “elections were not won on the issue of devel...