Elections in West Bengal have been controversialbecause of aggressive campaigning and verbal war between Mamata Banerjee and PM Narendra Modi. This time, a videoregarding the voting in West Bengal elections has gone viral on social media.
In the video, a woman polling agent is seen influencingwomen voters who have come to cast vote. The lady in the video holds the handof the voter and casts vote on EVM. This video is said to be of the 2021 WestBengal elections, claiming Mamata Banerjee’s activists are getting fake votingdone and are blamed for forgery.
Users have tweeted the video and asked the Electioncommission to take action, “Will the Election Commission give any clarificationon this?”
After cross-checking, it was revealed that that the videowas not of the 2021 Bengal elections, and in fact, was recorded in the 2019 LokSabha elections. The incident took place during the 6th phase of the WestBengal Lok Sabha elections.
The video had gone viral in May 2019, after which theelection commission had to take action. Now, it again resurfaced on theinternet claiming forgery in West Bengal elections.
Meanwhile, the results of 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections is expected to be announced on May 2. This time the battle of Bengal is between TMC and BJP. After a lot of controversies, from booth firing, EVM Malpractices, violence to Clubhouse controversy, West Bengal elections witnessed many twists and turns.