Fact Check: Booth capturing video is from 2019 Haryana LS polls not Bihar elections
Hyderabad: A video of a man voting on behalf of three women at a polling booth reportedly during the recent Bihar Assembly elections has gone viral on social media.
The official Twitter handle of Rashtriya Janata Dal shared the video and wrote, "Elections are now being conducted in such a way under the Election Commission."
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देश में चुनाव अयोग्य की देखरेख में अब ऐसे चुनाव होते हैं! pic.twitter.com/Y9OdlhQzX1
— Rashtriya Janata Dal (@RJDforIndia) November 16, 2020
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Fact Check:
The claim that the video is from the recent Bihar elections is FALSE.
NewsMeter performed a reverse image search and found a video report by NDTV from May 2019. According to the report, a polling agent in Faridabad near Delhi was arrested after he allegedly tried to influence voters during the Lok Sabha elections.
We also found a tweet from 2019 that had shared the video. The chief electoral officer of Haryana had replied to the tweet and tagged the district election office in Faridabad.
ये विडियो किसी ने भेजा है और हरियाणा के फरीदाबाद का होने का दावा किया है| इससे क्या फर्क पड़ता है कि ये कब का और कहाँ का है? लेकिन हैरान और दुखी हूँ ये देखकर कि सिस्टम कई बार कितना नपुंसक हो जाता है? ये नीच हरकत है🤔 pic.twitter.com/R8SRQ6U5aP
— Anurag Dhanda (@anuragdhanda) May 12, 2019
The district election office in Faridabad, in turn, had replied saying that the person in the video was a polling agent who was arrested for influencing voters.
Matter taken very seriously by the administration of Faridabad district. ARO Bharat Bhushan Gogia HCS rushed to the spot . Soon he was joined by the observer SH. Sanjay Kumar who investigated the entire matter.
— DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICE FARIDABAD (@OfficeFaridabad) May 12, 2019
The incident was also reported by India.com and Outlook India. According to the reports, a polling agent was arrested for booth capturing in Haryana's Faridabad after the video surfaced online. The incident occurred at Asaoti in Faridabad.
Evidently, the video is from the 2019 Haryana Lok Sabha elections and not the recent Bihar Assembly elections. Hence, the claim is FALSE.
Claim Review : Booth capturing video is from Bihar elections
Claimed By : Twitter Users
Fact Check : False
Misha Rajani
Misha Rajani is a Fact Checker at NewsMeter. She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from St. Francis College for Women. She has written a thesis on “ Role of social media in highlighting injustice”. Apart from pursuing a career in news writing, Misha is also skilled in graphic designing. You can follow Misha on Twitter @misharajani00
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