The 2024 Lok Sabha elections are being held in 7 phases across the country. Polling was held in two phases on April 26 and May 7 for all 28 constituencies in the state of Karnataka. The BJP-Secular Janata Dal alliance is in this state.
So there is direct competition between NDA and Congress. In the last assembly elections of 2023, the Congress registered a landslide victory with a single majority. Will it get the same wave of support this time around? Will the BJP win a large number of constituencies again with their Modi wave? There is an expectation that
Disseminated information
However, on May 2, a user on Instagram shared a video of people breaking electronic voting machines on the street in Karnataka. These have been taken in a car belonging to the BJP.
Pointing to this, “Democracy is just that. Done” he posted. Seeing this, many people started posting opposing comments. In the current 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there was a stir that it was brought from a polling station somewhere in Karnataka and broken on the street.
Verification Method
We searched about this with InVid Tool. That is, we took every frame of that video, uploaded it and fact checked it. It was revealed that the viral video was posted on May 10, 2023.
A few more details were also available. They broke and damaged electronic voting machines in Vijayapura. This news is also featured on The Tribune news website.
What is the truth?
Above all we got an official press release from the Karnataka State Election Commission. It has been released on May 10, 2023. In it, it is mentioned that the incident took place in Basavan Bagewadi assembly constituency of Vijayapura district. Electronic Voting Machines and VVPAT machines were diverted and attacked while being transported from Basavan Bagewadi Constituency to Masabinal. 24 people have been arrested in connection with this incident.
Conclusion
The viral video of the hacking of electronic voting machines in Karnataka did not happen recently. It has been proved that it is related to 2023 assembly elections.
(This news PTI News Fact Check has been done through the website. oneindias has translated it correctly without reprinting it and making necessary changes. (This is part of Google’s Shakti Collective initiative for fact-finding.)
