The voter list released for the local body elections held in Uttar Pradesh has become a talking point after it was mistakenly printed that Ravi Sharma’s father’s name was Ram Yadav instead of the correct name.
The Uttar Pradesh Election Commission, which has apologized for this error, has responded, fortunately, that Ram did not kill any minorities.
In its explanation regarding the error on the voter slip, the Uttar Pradesh Election Commission stated that in the voter list released by the State Chief Election Commission, it had posted an apology for a caste-based remark.
In the voter list for the recently held Legislative Council elections, a peculiar name, "Ram ne Sharma ko mara" (Ram ne Sharma ko mara), has appeared. Computers or software do not have caste consciousness. A mistake may have occurred, but fortunately, even when that mistake happened, there was no caste-based discrimination. We should thank God that 'Ram' did not kill any minority; otherwise, along with accusations of being casteist, accusations of being communal would also have arisen, the Election Commission posted on its X page.
हालिया विधान परिषद के चुनाव की मतदाता सूची में एक अजीबोगरीब नाम “राम ने शर्मा को मारा” भी है। कंप्यूटर/सॉफ्टवेयर जातिवादी नहीं है। हमारे द्वारा गलती किया जाना स्वीकार है लेकिन हमारे सौभाग्य से गलती होते समय भी जाति का भेदभाव नहीं हुआ है। भगवान का यह भी शुक्र है की राम ने किसी अल्पसंख्यक को नहीं मारा है। नहीं तो जातिवादी होने के साथ-साथ सांप्रदायिक होने का इल्ज़ाम भी लगता।
— CEO Uttar Pradesh (@ceoup) October 25, 2026
Previously, in the voter list, instead of Ravi Sharma’s father’s name being printed as Ramhit Yadav, it was printed as "Ram ne Yadav ko Maara" (Ram hit Yadav). This means that Ram beat Yadav. Regarding this, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh had criticized Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and posted a video with a photo on his X page.
This appeared in the voter list for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections. Pointing out this error, Sanjay Singh also questioned whether the Election Commission of India was carrying out the agenda of a particular political party.
Moreover, Gyanesh Kumar had asked, “Why did Ram attack only a person belonging to the Yadav caste? Why did he not attack anyone from the Singh, Pathak, Asthana, Sharma, Rai, or Bisht communities? Is your computer casteist? Or are you carrying out the agenda of some political party?” In response to the criticism, the Uttar Pradesh election official has apologized for the mistake.
