{"id":80467,"date":"2020-11-18T19:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T14:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=80467"},"modified":"2020-11-18T19:50:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T14:20:13","slug":"polling-officer-admits-rigging-in-bihar-elections-no-video-shot-during-mp-bypolls-viral-with-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/polling-officer-admits-rigging-in-bihar-elections-no-video-shot-during-mp-bypolls-viral-with-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Polling officer admits rigging in Bihar elections? No, video shot during MP bypolls viral with false claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian National Congress (INC) leader Vijay Singh tweeted<\/a> (archived link<\/a>) a two-minute video that was originally posted by Twitter user @IndiaAwakened_<\/span><\/a> (archived link<\/a>). A woman is giving an interview to the media in the clip. On November 16, Singh tweeted, “Listen to this polling officer. The entire electoral process is rigged. Seems this is how NDA got back to power in Bihar by rigging election. Entire democracy is in danger, high time we raise our voices against #BJP. #bjpkilleddemocracy @INCKarnataka.” Since then, this video has gained over 60,000 views.<\/p>\n

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Listen to this polling officer. The entire electoral process is rigged. Seems this is how NDA got back to power in Bihar by rigging election.
\nEntire democracy is in danger, high time we raise our voices against #BJP<\/a>. #bjpkilleddemocracy<\/a> @INCKarnataka<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/qu0NtaHDJo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vijay Singh (@MLCvijaysingh) November 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The woman can be heard saying, “The first grievance was that the signature on the tags didn’t match. They said, it’s possible and avoided it. Point two, many tags didn’t have a sign. Yet, they said it’s possible and avoided it. Point three, when green paper seal didn’t match, they didn’t consult us and declared the results of that round. And without getting our signatures, they kept announcing results of other rounds. They will point out and say it’s my signature. But it was taken after announcing the results. I asked them, when should this process have taken place? It should happened prior [to announcing the results], once I’m satisfied only then the results should be announced. [Reporter asks: What next? Will you participate?] No, we will not! They are pressuring our people using the police… [who are] doing one-sided work and not listening to us…”<\/p>\n

Similarly, Twitter user @rkhuria2 shared<\/a> the video by @IndiaAwakened_<\/span><\/a> and wrote, “Listen to this polling officer. The entire electoral process is rigged. BJP controls EC, Administration, Police who declare whatever results BJP wants. Approaching Judiciary is futile!” This tweet gained about 1,400 retweets. (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Listen to this polling officer. The entire electoral process is rigged. BJP controls EC, Administration, Police who declare whatever results BJP wants. Approaching Judiciary is futile! pic.twitter.com\/FP4bXaIJbr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 rkhuria2 (@rkhuria2) November 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alt News received several requests to authenticate the claim on our WhatsApp helpline (+917600011160) and on our official Android application<\/a>. The video was also shared with Gujarati text that made a similar claim of ‘vote-counting official explaining how BJP wins elections’.<\/p>\n

(Viral text in Gujarati: \u0ab8\u0abe\u0aad\u0ab3\u0acb \u0a86 \u0aac\u0acd\u0ab9\u0ac7\u0aa8 \u0aae\u0aa4 \u0a97\u0aa3\u0aa4\u0acd\u0ab0\u0ab0\u0ac0 \u0a93\u0aab\u0ac0\u0ab8\u0ab0 \u0a9b\u0ac7 \u0aad\u0abe\u0a9c\u0aaa \u0aa8\u0acb \u0a85\u0ab8\u0ab2\u0ac0 \u0a9a\u0acd\u0ab9\u0ac7\u0ab0\u0acb \u0aac\u0aa4\u0abe\u0ab5\u0ac7 \u0a9b\u0ac7 \u0ab8\u0abe\u0ab2\u0ac1 \u0aad\u0abe\u0a9c\u0aaa \u0aa8\u0ac0 \u0a9c\u0ac0\u0aa4 \u0a95\u0ac7\u0ab5\u0ac0 \u0ab0\u0ac0\u0aa4\u0ac7 \u0aae\u0ac1\u0aae\u0a95\u0ac0\u0aa8 \u0aa5\u0abe\u0aaf \u0a9b\u0ac7 .\u0aaa\u0aa3……\u0ab5\u0abe\u0ab9)<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h4>\n

At 1:00 mark, the woman mentions the following names\u00a0 \u2014 Sudarshan Gupta and Rajesh Sonkar. We performed a keyword search and found that Gupta<\/a> and Sonkar<\/a> are the names of two Madhya Pradesh-based leaders from the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).<\/p>\n

Upon performing a reverse image search using InVID, we found that the viral video was posted by Facebook page ‘I.T & Social Media Cell Congress<\/a>‘ with the caption, “Indore’s Sanwer seat: First the murder of democracy and now rigging in the counting of votes! This is how BJP has won in Madhya Pradesh” (archived link<\/a>). This video gained over 2,500 reactions. It is 10 seconds longer than the video posted by Twitter user @IndiaAwakened_<\/span><\/a>. In the last five seconds, the woman revealed that her name is Rashmi Borasi.<\/p>\n

(Hindi caption: \u0907\u0902\u0926\u094c\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0901\u0935\u0947\u0930 \u0938\u0940\u091f \u0915\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0932- \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0915\u0924\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u092c \u092e\u0924\u0917\u0923\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0927\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0932\u0940..! \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0907\u0938 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u0948)<\/p>\n

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Upon searching this caption on Twitter<\/a>, we found that the viral video was posted by MP Congress in November.<\/p>\n

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\u0907\u0902\u0926\u094c\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0901\u0935\u0947\u0930 \u0938\u0940\u091f \u0915\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0932-<\/p>\n

\u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0915\u0924\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u092c \u092e\u0924\u0917\u0923\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0927\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0932\u0940..!<\/p>\n

\u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0907\u0938 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964 pic.twitter.com\/cgw7SiqdON<\/a><\/p>\n

— MP Congress (@INCMP) November 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n