Guwahati: In another instance of circulation of fake videos, the Chief Electoral Officer of Manipur on Saturday issued a clarification on a video shared by NCP-Sharad Pawar faction leader Jitendra Awhad on social media platform X, claiming that during polling in the state, women broke the EVM after they saw that after pressing any button, only BJP’s election symbol lotus was being printed.
Awhad wrote in a post on X “In Manipur women broke the #EVM after they saw that after pressing any button they could see only lotus being printed A call for immediate intervention of Supreme Court Y does not it happen that #BJP workers get angry seeing some other party symbol being printed.”
Rubbishing the claim, the Manipur CEO countered that the video circulated is “fake news”.
Manipur CEO said the video pertains to a case of mob violence at a polling station in Imphal East, and repolling has already taken place there.
The poll official further stated that no case of the button pressed in the ballot unit or paper slip generated through VVPAT has been alleged by anyone.
“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 generated through VVPAT has been alleged by anyone or found. Legal action is being taken up for spreading FAKE NEWS,” wrote the Manipur CEO.