Controversy After Video Seems To Show BJP Leader’s Minor Son Casting Vote

New Delhi: 

Controversy has erupted after a video emerged online today showing a minor boy seeming to cast a vote during the Lok Sabha election in Berasia in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal.

According to reports, the boy is the son of Vinay Mehar, a Bharatiya Janata Party panchayat leader, and he accompanied his father – who seemed to take the video – into the polling booth during voting on Tuesday, and cast the vote, on his father’s behalf, on the EVM.

The 14-second video – reportedly shared on the BJP leader’s Facebook page – was flagged by the media advisor of Congress leader Kamal Nath. The video shows the boy and the father in the booth and pressing a button on the EVM linked to the lotus, or the BJP’s symbol. 

The camera then pans to show the vote being registered by the VVPAT, or Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail machine, after which Mr Mehar is heard saying, “Ok. That is enough now.”