{"id":558631,"date":"2022-03-16T13:05:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/?p=114034"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:05:32","slug":"video-of-alleged-vote-tampering-in-wb-municipal-elections-viral-as-recent-up-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/03\/16\/video-of-alleged-vote-tampering-in-wb-municipal-elections-viral-as-recent-up-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of alleged vote tampering in WB municipal elections viral as recent UP polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BJP won 255 seats<\/a> in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged foul play via EVM fraud<\/a> by the BJP following the vote-counting process. On March 13, The Live News shared a video of a man slipping in ballots on behalf of others inside a poll booth. The outlet claimed that this was how Akhilesh Yadav was defeated in the elections. While the anchor mentions that the channel could not confirm whether the video was real, he also states, \u201cThis video shows the extent of foul play going on in the Uttar Pradesh elections. The allegations and visuals of this foul play clearly expose what\u2019s going on.\u201d (Archive link<\/a>) The outlet has a verified channel on YouTube and the clip has garnered more than 4 lakh views as of this writing.<\/p>\n