{"id":3412,"date":"2024-05-10T13:49:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T12:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2024-05-10T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:37:54","slug":"son-of-bjp-leader-snatches-poll-booth-and-streams-it-live-declaring-evm-belongs-to-my-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/son-of-bjp-leader-snatches-poll-booth-and-streams-it-live-declaring-evm-belongs-to-my-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of BJP leader snatches poll booth and streams it live, declaring, &#8220;EVM belongs to my father.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By : Shrishti Mehra <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A BJP leader&#8217;s son and a polling agent were arrested on Wednesday after the former livestreamed a video from inside a polling booth in Gujarat&#8217;s Dahod on May 7, during the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dahod: A man has been arrested for alleged fake voting after live-streaming from inside a poll booth in the Dahod Lok Sabha seat, officials said on Wednesday. The Congress has claimed that the man, Vijay Bhabhor, is the son of a local BJP politician, accusing him of &#8220;insulting democracy&#8221; by streaming live on Instagram from the polling station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715172299654_man_live-streams_from_poll_booth_in_gujarat-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715172299654_man_live-streams_from_poll_booth_in_gujarat-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715172299654_man_live-streams_from_poll_booth_in_gujarat-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715172299654_man_live-streams_from_poll_booth_in_gujarat-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715172299654_man_live-streams_from_poll_booth_in_gujarat.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the opposition filed a complaint with the Election Commission and provided a copy of the film, police in the state&#8217;s Mahisagar district detained Bhabhor and another guy. Though Babhor withdrew the video after it received criticism, it had already gone popular on social media by then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dahod Returning Officer Nirgude Babanrao, the incidence of a guy transmitting a video live on Instagram after going to a ballot booth to vote is under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have received the video with a complaint and an investigation is underway,&#8221; stated the official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, polling took place in 25 of Gujarat&#8217;s 26 Lok Sabha seats as part of the third phase of the election. The BJP candidate in Surat won unchallenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mahisagar Superintendent of Police Jaydeepsinh Jadeja, the event occurred at a polling booth in Parthampur, Mahisagar district, within the Dahod parliamentary seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have detained two persons and action is being taken based on the FIR registered by the presiding officer under the Representative of the People Act for bogus voting,&#8221; Jadeja explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that Bhabhor arrived at the polling station at 5.49 p.m. and left at 5.54 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In those five minutes, he went live on Instagram and reportedly cast votes on behalf of two other electors, committing fraud, he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prabha Taviad is the Congress&#8217; candidate in the constituency. She will face up against Jasvantsinh Bhabhor, the incumbent MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Congress, the individual who shared the &#8220;booth-capturing&#8221; video on Instagram is the son of a local BJP leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manish Doshi, a Congress spokesperson, stated that the incident had resulted in repolling at booth number 220 in Parthampur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Son of a BJP leader at Mahisagar played with the EVM machine and abused the Election Commission by creating a live video of booth capturing and thereby insulting democracy,&#8221; Doshi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of Congress uploaded the alleged video on his X account. &#8220;Vijay Bhabhor, the son of a BJP leader, wins the Parthampur Village booth in Santrampur. He goes live on social media while doing so, threatening poll officials,&#8221; he alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video shows Bhabhor allegedly focussing the camera on an EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) and a VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) machine and demanding five to 10 minutes from a poll official despite being asked to leave. Bhabhor also supposedly claims that &#8220;only the BJP works here&#8221;. The video also included footage of his accomplice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The machine belonged to my father. According to the footage, just one thing works: BJP.&#8221; Bhabhor states this before hitting a button on the EVM. &#8220;Only Vijay Bhabhor works here,&#8221; he reportedly claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By : Shrishti Mehra A BJP leader&#8217;s son and a polling agent were arrested on Wednesday after the former livestreamed a video from inside a polling booth in Gujarat&#8217;s Dahod on May 7, during the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. 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