Watch: Jan Sena candidate Madhusudan Gupta smashes EVM in polling booth in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Jan Sena candidate Madhusudan Gupta smashes EVM in polling booth
Lok Sabha candidate of Jana Sena Party (JSP), Madhusudan Gupta, on Wednesday broke an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling booth in Gooty town in Andhra Pradesh alleging that the names of Assembly and Lok Sabha seats had not been properly displayed in the voting chamber.
Gupta reached the polling station at Girls'Higher School in Gooty which falls under Guntakal Assembly constituency, this morning.
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He alleged that the names of Assembly and Lok Sabha seats had not been properly displayed in the polling chamber.
Election officials tried to pacify him but an angry Gupta threw an EVM on the floor and broke it.
He was later taken into police custody.
Polling is underway for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh. The staterecorded 18 per cent polling till 11 am.
Telangana recorded 22.84 per cent polling.
Meanwhile, TDP MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar met the Election Commission (EC) in Delhi and complained about EVM malfunctioning in the state.
TDP's N Chandrababu Naidu in a letter to Chief Election Commissioner demanded repollin booths where polling did not commence till 9:30 am due to EVM snag.
Other states going to polls include - Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, J&K, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Telangana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Voters in Manipur, Andaman and Lakshadweep will also be exercising their franchise.
(With inputs from agencies)