New Delhi Vishvas News – A video clip circulating on social media ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections is being claimed as evidence of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, during the last Lok Sabha elections inside a shop. The claim suggests an illegal storage of 300 EVMs had been uncovered.
However, Vishvas News conducted an investigation and determined this claim to be false. The viral video is from the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when, following the regulations, the relocation of VVPATs (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail) took place in the presence of political party representatives. The video, falsely attributed to the discovery of EVMs in a shop, actually depicts the legitimate shifting of VVPATs during the specified election period.
Social media user ‘Coopr Farzana’ shared the viral video and wrote, “In 2019, during General Elections, more than 300 EVMs caught by the locals stored inside a shop. Location – Chandauli, UP. The same will repeat unless we switch to ballot papers.” (“Over 300 EVMs were recovered from a shop in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh during the general elections in 2019. Unless we start using ballot paper, this will happen again.”)
Many other users on different social media platforms have shared this video with similar claims.
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