Following the circulation of a video allegedly showing a polling agent in Southern Assam’s Karimganj district voting five times on an EVM for the BJP candidate, the District Election Officer (DEO) has issued a show cause notice to polling officials, a senior official said.
The poll was held on April 26, Friday, during the second phase of general elections.
In the video, it was seen that a polling agent named Abdul Sahid cast a vote in favour of the BJP five times, with each time maintaining the count and informing the other people in the room. The video was self-filmed and later shared on social media.
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