New Delhi: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker from Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal Lok Sabha constituency was caught on video conspiring to bribe police and polling officials to slowdown voting in Muslim-majority villages in the constituency to favour the local BJP candidate.
According to Australia-based ABC News, which published a story based on the video, now available on X (Twitter), the person identified as a BJP worker is Bhuvnesh Kumar. The Wire has not been able to verify the video independently, but ABC News says it has done so.
Kumar is heard in the video outlining several tactics aimed at slowing polling to ensure low voter turnout, thereby benefitting the BJP. According to the news outlet, the video dates back to a month before May 7 when the Sambahl constituency voted in the third phase of the general election.
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