UP: Re-election recommended, departmental action on polling party after video of youth casting multiple votes goes viral
Re-election has been recommended to the Election Commission at a polling booth in Aliganj village under Etah district and is part of Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency after a video of a youth casting multiple votes went viral on social media platforms.
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Apart from that, suspension and departmental action on the polling party of that booth have been decided, as per Uttar Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa.
Following the incident on May 13, the youth was arrested and has been identified as Rajan Singh, a resident of the village of Khiriya Pamaran in Etah district.
«Last evening, a video went viral which showed a youth casting his vote on an EVM multiple times...It was probed and it was found to be a video from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency. It is specifically from a village in Aliganj Assembly constituency that comes under Etah district,» said Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Sunday.
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