As per the rules, the video of the process of taking out the slips from the VVPAT machine is being viral with a fake claim after the first phase of Lok Sabha elections voting.
New Delhi (Vishvas News). After the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, a video is being viral on social media claiming that it is related to the incident of tampering with VVPAT attached to EVM i.e. Electronic Voting Machine, through which someone with the intention of influencing the results of the election. An attempt is being made to steal VVPAT slips.
Vishvas News in its investigation found this claim to be false and election propaganda. In the viral video, VVPAT is being removed from the EVM and not being stolen. This entire process is as per the established guidelines of the Election Commission. According to the instructions of the Election Commission, the VVPAT slips are taken out from the machine, kept safely in a black envelope and sealed, so that the VVPAT can be used in the next election.
What is viral?
Social media user ‘Adak Sukesh’ went viral Video (archive LinkWhile sharing the video, he wrote, “This is a very important video, you must watch it. After the elections held on 19th, where EVMs are kept under full security, the EVM slips are being stolen from VVPAT and the Bharatiya Janata Party is stealing its slips. Is getting it poured.”
Many others on different platforms of social media users Has shared this video with similar and identical claims.
investigation
This is not the first time that this video has gone viral on social media with this claim. Even before this, this video has gone viral in a similar context during different elections. Last time, before the Karnataka Assembly elections, this video was shared claiming that it is a video of tampering with the EVM i.e. Electronic Voting Machine, in which the VVPAT is being removed from the machine and destroyed, whereas as per the rules, it is a It has to be kept safe for up to a year.
Vishvas News then investigated this video and found it in its investigation, the fact check report of which can be found here. read May go.
In fact, the video was of the VVPAT being removed from the EVM and not of its destruction or theft, as per the established guidelines of the Election Commission. According to the instructions of the Election Commission, VVPAT slips are taken out from the machine, kept safely in a black envelope and sealed, so that the VVPAT can be used in the next election. In the viral video, it can be seen that the entire process is being recorded on camera and the VVPAT slips are being kept in a black envelope.
While tweeting this video on December 13, 2022, an Link) it was told, “As per ECI (Election Commission) guidelines, after counting of votes, VVPAT slips are taken out from the VVPAT, placed in a black envelope and sealed, so that the VVPAT can be used in the next election. Can go. This entire process is videographed and one copy of it is kept in the strong room, while the other is kept with the concerned DEO.”
Earlier, we had contacted the then Election Commission spokesperson Shefali Sharan and she had told that the viral video is related to an old incident and whatever is seen in it is as per the established standards of ECI.
Election Commission (archive) LinkAccording to ), the Lok Sabha elections 2024, to be held in a total of seven phases, began on April 19 with the first phase of voting, under which votes were cast on a total of 102 seats. The next phase of voting will be held on April 26, under which voting will be held on a total of 89 seats.
those sharing the viral post user About seven hundred people follow him on Facebook. Fact check report investigating other misleading and fake claims related to elections in the election section of Vishvas News read May go.
Conclusion: As per the rules, the video of the process of withdrawal of slips from the VVPAT machine is being viral with fake claims after the first phase of Lok Sabha elections voting. According to the guidelines of the Election Commission, to prepare the machines before the next election, VVPAT slips are taken out and kept in an envelope and sealed. This can also be seen clearly in the viral video. However, this video is being shared with the claim that slips are being stolen after the first phase of voting, so that the results of the Lok Sabha elections can be influenced.
- Claim Review : Incident of tampering with VVPAT slips after the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.
- Claimed By : FB User-Adak Sukesh
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2024-04-24 19:57:42
