Karnataka Election : Voting is underway in Karnataka elections. There are also reports of obstructing voting from many places during the elections. In this episode, during the ongoing voting for the assembly elections on Wednesday, people of Masabinal village of Vijayapura district stopped the vehicle carrying Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), manhandled an official and damaged the control and ballot units. Whereas, in this case People have been arrested. , Vandalism by stopping the vehicle: Regarding the matter, the Election Commission said that the villagers stopped the vehicle of a section officer carrying EVMs reserved for the assembly elections. The control and ballot units and three VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) were damaged. The commission also said that the people also assaulted the section officer. In the whole case people have been arrested.

Due to this the villagers got angry: The Election Commission has said in its statement that after the incident top officials of the district reached the village which comes under Basavana Bagewadi assembly constituency . According to police sources, a rumor spread in the village that the officials were changing EVMs and VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) machines, after which the villagers acted.

) Clash between Congress-BJP workers: Meanwhile, some youths carrying sticks and sticks at a polling booth in Papaya Garden of Padmanabhanagar assembly constituency here Attacked rivals. Sources said they went berserk, due to which some women standing in the queue to vote suffered injuries. In another incident, some Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers clashed with each other at Sanjeevarayankot in Bellary district.

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Wed, May 10, 2023, 5: 36 PM IST