EVM Votes-VVPAT Slips Mismatched in Manipur? Jitendra Awhad Shares Video Claiming Women Broke EVMs After VVPAT Showed Lotus Symbol on Pressing Any Button, EC Terms It Fake News
NCP Leader Jitendra Awhad claimed EVM-VVPAT mismatch in Manipur, prompting calls for Supreme Court intervention, but the Chief Electoral Officer refuted it as fake news, citing mob violence in Imphal East's polling station and asserting no evidence of mismatch found.
Did EVM votes and VVPAT slips mismatch in Manipur? NCP Leader Jitendra Awhad shared a video claiming women broke EVMs after VVPAT showed the Lotus symbol on pressing any button, prompting calls for Supreme Court intervention. However, the Chief Electoral Officer of Manipur refuted the claim, terming it "fake news." The video in question depicted mob violence at a polling station in Imphal East, with the Chief Electoral Officer asserting that no mismatch was reported between the button pressed and VVPAT output. Legal action is being pursued against the dissemination of false information. Outer Manipur Lok Sabha Election 2024: 857 Polling Stations, 87 Companies of Paramilitary Forces, 4000 Police Deployed in This Parliamentary Constituency of Manipur for Second Phase of Polls.
Fake News Alert
FAKE NEWS: The video seen here is a case of mob violence in a Polling Station (3/21 Khurai Assembly Segment) in Imphal East and Re-poll has already been done in the said Polling Station on 22 April, 2024. No case of mismatch on the button pressed in the Ballot Unit and Paper Slip… https://t.co/sxAoQO19m8
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