The Election Commission has served a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Assandh Assembly seat in Haryana over his purported remark that he had tampered the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and every vote would go to his party.
In a video, Bakshish Virk was heard saying he and his supporters had tampered EVMs in a way that every vote would go to the BJP, irrespective of the button the voters pressed.
He said that they would also come to know who they cast their vote for.
Congress leader and former MP Deepender Singh Hooda had tweeted Virk's video.
"We have sought a reply from the BJP candidate," District Election Officer Vinay Pratap Singh said.
Meanwhile, a senior IAS officer (retired) of 1982 batch, has been appointed as a special observer by the EC to conduct elections peacefully and transparently in Assandh assembly constituency of Karnal district.
Haryana joint chief electoral officer Inder Jeet said that the Election Commission of India after taking strict cognizance of a video going viral from Assandh Assembly constituency, has appointed Vinod Zutshi, Former Deputy Election Commissioner as a special observer in the constituency.