NCP (SP) candidate claims person breached security, tried to reach EVMs godown

NCP SP candidate from Maharashtras Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat Nilesh Lanke on Wednesday claimed a person breached the threetier security and tried to reach a godown where the EVMs were kept after polling in the constituencyLanke posted on X a CCTV grab while claiming the person tried tamper the closecircuit camera and reach the godownThe Nationalist Congress Party SP leader raised questions over the security deployed thereA person easily breached the threetier security around one of the godowns where EVMs are stored He tried to tamper the CCTV cameras but my colleagues intervened in time he claimed in the post on X hellip pictwittercomI0tZqYJpEImdash Nilesh Lanke Nilesh_LankeMLA May 22 2024If my colleagues can catch the person I wonder how the threetier security system could not stop the unidentified person Does it mean the system itself is biased and trying to steal democracy It looks like the administration is being a mere spectator he allegedLanke was pitted against BJPs Sujay Vikhe Patil in the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seatLast week the NCP alleged wrongdoing after CCTV cameras got turned off for 45 minutes at a godown where the EVMs from the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency were stored in Pune districtThe election authorities however then clarified that a cable of the cameras had to be removed for a short period during some electrical work on the premises in the morningIn Baramati sitting MP Supriya Sule locked horns with her sisterinlaw and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawars wife SunetraPolling for the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra was held in five phases from April 19 to May 20 Votes for India General Elections 2024 will be counted on June 4An average voter turnout of 5433 per cent has been recorded in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Maharashtra during the fifth phase of polling as per latest data available with the office of the states Chief Electoral OfficerThe final figures will be declared later an official from the CEOs office said on TuesdayDuring the voting held for India General Elections 2024 in the 13 seats on Monday six Lok Sabha constituencies in Mumbai recorded an average turnout of 5227 per cent compared to 5538 per cent in the 2019 general electionsThe STreserved Dindori constituency in Nashik district recorded the highest turnout at 6266 per cent while Kalyan saw the lowest polling at 4708 per centThe BJP fielded Union minister Bharati Pawar in Dindori where she was pitted against Bhaskar Bhagare of the NCP SPPalghar another tribaldominated constituency recorded the second highest turnout at 6165 per centAt many polling stations in various constituencies people were standing in queues to cast vote even after the scheduled concluding time of 6 pmAs a standard procedure every person standing in the queue is taken inside the premises and its gates are closed Voting then goes on till the last person in the queue casts vote the official saidDuring the polling on Monday Nashik Lok Sabha seat reported 5710 per cent polling Dhule at 5661 per cent Bhiwandi 5641 per cent Mumbai North 5521 per cent Mumbai North East 5375 per cent Mumbai North West 5367 per cent Mumbai South Central 5188 per cent Mumbai North Central 5142 per cent Thane 4981 per cent and Mumbai South 4770 per cent as per official dataWith inputs from Agencies