The incident quickly drew attention online, with video clips showing EVMs being loaded on a mini truck spreading quickly across social media platforms. Hate Detectors, a page on X (formerly Twitter), that documents hate crimes, posted the videos on their page.

According to local news reports, the incident took place in the Sarai Khwaja area, near the campus of Purvanchal University in Devkali village.

In #UttarPradesh‘s #Jaunpur, #SamajwadiParty workers caught a tempo loaded with #EVM‘s near the strong room where polled EVMs were kept.

DM insists the EVMs were on reserve and mistakenly took them outside the strong room.

According to SP workers, DM provided no documentary… pic.twitter.com/j1IgpKCC0h

— Hate Detector (@HateDetectors) May 27, 2024

According to Siasat News, SP leader and Jaunpur candidate Babu Singh Kushwaha has claimed that when people from the SP confronted and stopped the truck, the driver of the truck fled. He also stated that the DM was not able to provide any proof or document that could determine for sure that the EVMs were reserve EVMs.

However, the District Magistrate arrived at the scene as the crowd gathered angrily in protest and checked the EVMs. He spoke to the media at the site and asserted that these were reserve EVMs that were kept for Mungra Badshahpur. He further explained, according to a report in Jagran, that these EVMs would have been used in case of any malfunction or shortage of EVMs.

कल दिनांक 25 -05-24 को विधानसभा मुंगराबादशाहपुर हेतु रिज़र्व किये गए अप्रयुक्त ईवीएम मशीन मिनी ट्रक के माध्यम से ARO office मुंगराबादशाहपुर से कलेक्ट्रेट स्थित ईवीएम वेयरहाउस में जमा करने हेतु तहसीलदार मछलीशहर वाहन लेकर पूर्वांचल विश्वविद्यालय मार्ग से वापस आ रहे थे। जाम अधिक… pic.twitter.com/jzRDvXP4Yh

— DM JAUNPUR (@DMjaunpur) May 26, 2024

Jaunpur saw polls on May 25th in the second to last round of voting for the 18th Lok Sabha elections in India. According to UP Tak, after voting concluded in the district at around 6 PM, the EVMs were placed in the strong room. However, SP workers gathered outside the strong room for monitoring. The issue began when a truck filled with EVMs arrived around there at around 11 PM when they started protesting.

After their protests, the EVMs were placed in a separate warehouse of the collectorate. The SP leaders which included MLA Lucky Yadav, Mungra Badshahpur MLA Pankaj Patel, and SP candidate Babu Singh Kushwaha and several supporters continued to stay there for a good portion of the night.

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The suspect, identified as Vijay Bhabhor streamed the incident live on his Facebook account. The video shot depicts Bhabhor entering a polling booth in Prathampur and tampering with the electronic voting machine, despite repeated warnings from election officials. As per reports from local media, Bhabor is the son of a former Mahisagar Taluka panchayat leader Ramesh Bhabor. Bhabor was previously seen in the video saying, “EVM toh apne baap ki hai.” (EVM is my father’s property) After the video went viral, he had reportedly deleted it. In available recording of the video, Vijay Bhabor can be seen tampering with the voting equipment freely inside the polling booth. He is also heard using abusive words, and saying ‘I am pressing the button for you.” He has also reportedly said that he can take the EVM home if he wants. He was also reportedly seen encouraging people to vote for BJP’s candidate, sitting MP Jaswant Singh Bhabore, who is a BJP MP from Dahod for the past two terms and has also formerly been a Minister of State for Tribal Affairs in Gujarat.

The video depicting the son of a BJP leader entering the polling booth and engaging in fraudulent voting in Mahisagar, Gujarat, has gone viral.

Reality of BJP! pic.twitter.com/EQtsqCGNLw

— Gujarat Pradesh Congress Sevadal (@SevadalGJ) May 8, 2024

The opposition Congress party has demanded for strong measures in response, claiming that the accused visited around 25 other such polling stations within the Gothib taluka panchayat in Santrampur. The party has filed two separate complaints to the police in the case.

The two accused, Vijay Bhabore and Magan Damore have reportedly been arrested as of now after a complaint was filed against them by IP Pathan, an executive magistrate, as per a report in TOI. As per the report, four election officials on duty were also served show cause notice for not having reported the video to the election officials in their district. The police have also confirmed, as per the IE report, that both arrested are members of the BJP.

This news comes shortly as a stream of BJP leaders, party workers, and even government officials have been reported to have threatened voters into voting for the BJP from Assam to UP, and now to Gujarat. Similar reports have arisen from Mathur and Sambhal in UP of Muslims being denied the right to vote.

As we await the voters’ mandate for the 2024 general assembly elections, these incidents continue to pile up at an alarming pace.

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An as yet unidentified “officer” has reportedly been suspended following the “EVM Chori” allegation video posted by Akhilesh Yadav. However, some Election Commission sources have indicated to NDTV that the official could be Varanasi Additional District Magistrate NK Singh. As this is a breaking news story, more details are awaited, and copy shall be updated once information is verified. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav’s had accused Uttar Pradesh government of ‘stealing’ Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) when a truck carrying the machines was caught on video on March 8, just two days ahead of vote counting on March 10. Opposition parties and allies had then demanded the removal of District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma.

Even on March 7, when polling was conducted for the last phase of Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh, serious allegations were made and even viral videos emerged of self-confession by political workers saying “at least 200 EVMs have been changed… arrangements will be made overnight.” By March 8, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had dropped the biggest allegation yet. 

वाराणसी में EVM पकड़े जाने का समाचार उप्र की हर विधानसभा को चौकन्ना रहने का संदेश दे रहा है।

मतगणना में धांधली की कोशिश को नाकाम करने के लिए सपा-गठबंधन के सभी प्रत्याशी और समर्थक अपने-अपने कैमरों के साथ तैयार रहें।

युवा लोकतंत्र व भविष्य की रक्षा के लिए मतगणना में सिपाही बने!

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 8, 2022

लिख रहा हूँ ये सोचकर कि शायद जागेगा ज़मीर
बेख़बर से हो गये हैं न जाने क्यों कुछ ख़बरनवीस

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 9, 2022

After the dramatic discovery of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) being whisked away, allegedly in a clandestine manner, in Uttar Pradesh on the evening of March 8, questions are being raised about the alleged complicity of the district administration in the exercise. Opposition parties are not buying the Varanasi District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma’s explanation that the machines were not used in elections, but were instead used for training purposes. Interestingly, even the Election Commission has backed the DM’s claims. But calls for the DM’s transfer have been growing, as Opposition parties feel the process of vote counting could get compromised if authorities are unable to remain impartial due to their alleged proximity to the ruling regime.  

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