UP Elections 2022: Kanpur mayor booked for clicking selfie, making video inside polling booth

Kanpur District Magistrate Neha Sharma said Mayor Pramila Pandey took her mobile phone inside the polling booth at Hudson School, and clicked a selfie while voting.

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Kanpur: BJP leader and Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey has been booked for allegedly clicking a selfie and making a video while exercising her franchise at a polling booth during the third phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, officials said.

They said legal action is also being initiated against another BJP leader, former city president of the party's Yuva Morcha Nawab Singh, for clicking selfies inside a polling booth.

कानपुर में श्रीमती प्रमिला पांडे द्वारा हडसन स्कूल मतदान केंद्र में मतदान की गोपनीयता भंग करने के फल स्वरुप उनके विरुद्ध सुसंगत धाराओं में FIR कराई जा रही है। @ECISVEEP @ceoup @kanpurnagarpol — DM Kanpur Nagar (@DMKanpur) February 20, 2022

श्री नवाब सिंह, पूर्व अध्यक्ष, भाजपा युवा मोर्चा द्वारा मतदान केंद्र में मतदान की गोपनीयता भंग करने के फल स्वरुप उनके विरुद्ध सुसंगत धाराओं में FIR कराई जा रही है। @ECISVEEP @ceoup @kanpurnagarpol — DM Kanpur Nagar (@DMKanpur) February 20, 2022

District Magistrate Neha Sharma said Mayor Pandey took her mobile phone inside the polling booth at Hudson School, and clicked a selfie while voting.

Kanpur's mayor Pramila Pandey has got herself photographed while voting for BJP, which is against the law of Election Commission.

Let us see, whether @ECISVEEP will take any action or will continue to be in hibernate mode!
pic.twitter.com/T1OcJTdB0o — Lalji Desai (@LaljiDesaiG) February 20, 2022

Sharma said the Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey has violated the rules of the Election Commission by revealing the name of the party she voted for.

The mayor has shared her video online that has gone viral on social media platforms.

At a separate polling booth, Nawab Singh also violated the EC rules by taking a mobile inside the booth and shooting a video ans clicking a selfie while casting his vote.

The Election Commission has banned the use of mobile phones inside polling stations.