Monday, May 20

EC Orders Re-Poll In Gujarat’s Santrampur After BJP Leader Son Livestreamed Booth Capturing

Edited by Hiba Anvar
EC Orders Re-Poll In Gujarat’s Santrampur After BJP Leader Son Livestreamed Booth Capturing

The Election Commission of India has ordered for a repoll to be conducted in the Dahod Lok Sabha seat. This decision was taken after son of a BJP leader and party member took control of the polling booth in the Dahod constituency, Gujarat. 

The Election Commission has rescheduled the re-poll to be held on May 11. The re-voting process will take place from 7 am to 6 pm. On Wednesday, a video was circulated on social media purportedly showing Vijay Bhabhor, the son of a BJP leader attempting to capture a polling booth and engaging in fraudulent voting. 

He live-streamed from inside the polling booth. The post was later removed. Bhabhor was accused of verbally assaulting officials and participating in fraudulent voting. An FIR has been lodged in the Mahisagar District regarding the incident. In the video which has gone viral, Bhabhor was seen claiming that the EVM and other equipment belong to his father. 

An FIR has been filed against two individuals, Vijay Bhabhor and Magan Damor, based on the complaint lodged by Santrampur Mamlatdar I.P. Pathan. They are charged with IPC sections  128, 121, 122, 131/B, 171/D, and 135. 

Both individuals have been apprehended. The police stated that Bhabhor entered the polling booth at 5:49 pm and departed by 5:54 pm. During this period of time, he live-streamed on Instagram and allegedly engaged in bogus voting by casting votes for two other individuals. 

Following the incident, a complaint was filed by the Congress candidate, Dr. Prabhaben Taviad with the collector and district election officer. 

The grand old party too has urged the Election Commission to take action in response to the incident.