Lok Sabha Election 2019: File case against voter's false claim, says Pune district collector

Mumbai | Wednesday | 24th April, 2019

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When he recorded his test vote, his claim was proven false," Ram said. After our officials received the complaint, we took cognisance of it and found out the truth about his complaint," Ram said. Pune district collector and election officer for the district Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday ordered to register a case against a person for falsely claiming that he voted for a particular candidate but his vote went to another. "As per the rules, we had to record his test vote in presence of election officers to verify his complaint. The collector stated that as per rule 49 MA of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, the voter was asked to record a test vote in presence of the election officers..