It was height of superstition by the State Minister Dayaldas Baghel when he performed rituals at a polling booth where he had to cast vote.
He also performed Puja of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and lighted incense sticks in front of it. A video of it later went viral.
Taking cognisance over the mater the Office of Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Subrat Sahoo has directed the Returning Officer (RO) of polling booth of the Nawagarh Assembly constituency to issue notice to Baghel for carrying out religious rituals before the polling held on November 20.
On a query, Sahoo in a press conference said, “The complaint has been received where the BJP candidate Dayaldas Baghel had conducted religious rituals in the polling booth; the concerned Returning Officer has been asked to issue notice," he informed.
As per the viral video, BJP candidate first lighted the incense stick and then performed ‘Parikrama’ of booth by moving around it. After that he touched the cover put up on the EVM and worshipped it.
He then went to gate the of the polling booth and broke the coconut and only thereafter that he went to cast his vote.
Baghel’s supporters were also present in the polling booth.