Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:22pm on 08 Nov 2025,Saturday Politics
A video from Bihar’s Samastipur showed hundreds of VVPAT slips lying on a roadside, sparking controversy. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) claimed they were from actual voting. However, officials said the slips were from a mock poll held before voting. District Magistrate Roshan Kushwaha said some unused slips were not shredded properly. The Election Commission suspended the Assistant Returning Officer for negligence and ordered an FIR. Officials confirmed that the incident did not affect the voting process. Mock polls are done before voting to test EVMs and VVPATs, and all data is cleared before real voting begins. (PC: India Today)
