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A day after Union Minister and BJP’s Amethi candidate Smriti Irani alleged that her rival in the seat and Congress President Rahul Gandhi was "ensuring booth capturing", the Election Commission rejected the charge, terming it ‘baseless’.
On Monday, 6 May, as Amethi went to polls, Irani tweeted saying: "Alert @ECISVEEP Congress President @Rahul Gandhi ensuring booth capturing," the Union minister said on Twitter.
She also tagged a video in which an elderly women is seen alleging that her hand was forcibly put on the 'panja' (hand) election symbol of the Congress though she wanted to vote for the 'kamal' (lotus), the BJP's symbol.
She also urged the EC to take action in the matter, reported news agency ANI.
Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer Venkateshwar Lu, has said that the allegations are false, reported news agency IANS.
“Due to prima facie allegations in the clip, the presiding officer was summarily removed while the probe was going on," he added.
(With inputs from IANS and ANI)
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Published: 06 May 2019,01:29 PM IST