Updated On: 20 November, 2024 06:12 PM IST | Deoghar | mid-day online correspondent
During monitoring in the webcasting room, the presiding officer was found too close to the voting compartment, which violates Election Commission rules and demonstrates gross negligence in performing duties, a statement from ECI read

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Nishikant Dubey, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) lawmaker from Jharkhand, said on Wednesday that he had filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against a presiding officer for allegedly "favouring a ruling party candidate" in Madhupur Constituency during the second phase of polling in the state elections.
According to news agency PTI, Dubey claimed that following his complaint, the officer was arrested.