Dispur: Hours after the second phase of voting was held in Assam (Assam Assembly Election 2021) on Thursday, a video surfaced on social media. The video allegedly showed an electronic voting machine (EVM) in the car of a BJP candidate from Patharkandi Krishnendu Paul. The video was tweeted by Assam journalist Atanu Bhuyan. In it, he claimed that ‘the situation in Patharkandi is tense’ after the incident.
Taking a dig at the BJP over this incident, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that the Election Commission should take decisive action on such complaints. The Congress General Secretary said that the use of EVM requirements by all national parties should be re-evaluated.
Priyanka also said that the BJP uses its media system to accuse those who exposed them. The Congress leader said that every time the EVM is caught in a private vehicle, unexpectedly they have the following things: 1. Vehicles are usually from BJP candidates or their allies. 2. The video is dismissed as an illusion considering it to be just an incident. 3. BJP uses its media system to accuse those who busted through video.
Assam saw 77.21 percent voting in 39 seats in the second phase of elections
The second phase of the Assam assembly elections saw a turnout of 77.21 percent on Thursday. However, during this time at least three people were injured in the shootout of the Deputy Speaker Aminul Haque Laskar’s organ guards (PSO) in Sonai assembly constituency.
The Election Commission said that there is no further news of violence from anyone in the 39 assembly seats. At the same time, with the completion of the second phase of elections in the state, 345 candidates, including five ministers, have got their election fortunes captured in the EVMs. Joint Chief Electoral Officer Rahul Chandra Das said, ‘The voting percentage has been estimated to be 77.21 at the moment. There will be a slight increase after the final compilation. ‘
