BJP MLA claims EVMs only vote for BJP, Rahul calls him 'most honest man in BJP'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared a video purportedly showing Haryana BJP MLA Bakshish Singh Virk telling voters that no matter who they vote for, the vote would go to the BJP. Rahul captioned the video, "The most honest man in the BJP."

New Delhi: With voting in full swing for the Haryana Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday shared on Twitter a viral video in which Bakhshish Singh Virk, the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Assandh constituency in Haryana, is seen claiming that no matter which button is pressed on the electronic voting machine (EVM), the vote would go to the saffron party.

Rahul Gandhi took a potshot at the ruling BJP, captioning the video, "The most honest man in the BJP."

In the 39-second video, Virk is seen saying in Punjabi: "Wherever you vote, we will get to know which person has voted for whom. Don't think we won't know. We deliberately don't tell you, but if we want we can find out who you voted for."

The Assandh MLA goes on to add, "You may vote for whoever you want, your vote will go to the kamal (lotus, BJP's symbol) only. Press any button, the vote will go to BJP. We have fixed a part in the EVM machines."

The video, which has been making rounds of the social media for the past several days, has been termed "fake" by Virk, who says it is a conspiracy by his rivals to defame him and his party.

Soon after the video went viral across social media platforms, the Election Commission sent Virk a notice and appointed a special observer to the constituency to take corrective action.

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