BJP indulged in bogus voting in Aurangabad East seat, alleges AIMIM's Jaleel

All India MajliseIttehadul Muslimeen candidate Imtiaz Jaleel on Thursday alleged bogus votes were cast in Aurangabad East seat during Maharashtra Assembly election 2024 held a day earlier reported the PTIImtiaz Jaleel showed a couple of videos to the press and sought action from poll authoritiesPolls to the 288member Maharashtra assembly were held on Wednesday while votes will be counted on SaturdayImtiaz Jaleel is pitted against BJPs Atul Save in the constituency which is part of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in MaharashtraThe BJP indulged in bogus voting and also distributed money If the CCTV of Jawaharnagar police station is checked it will reveal how many Muslim women went to the partys office that day he alleged in a press conference as per the PTIThe second video is from Bharatnagar area and people from there informed him that bogus voting was being facilitated by the BJP Jaleel further claimedSome persons told me a woman who had come to vote had no identity documents She was asked to leave by police when I was about to approach her the former Lok Sabha MP claimedAn offence was registered against Imitaz Jaleel and some others at Pundalik Nagar police station for unauthorised assembly at a polling booth located in Nehru Vidyalaya in the constituency an official saidMeanwhile the final turnout in Maharashtra assembly polls was 6605 per cent as per EVM votes up from 611 per cent in 2019 Election Commission officials said on Thursday according to the PTIThe polling percentage for the Nanded Lok Sabha bypoll was 6781 per centPolls to the 288member state assembly were held on Wednesday while votes will be counted on SaturdayThe official figures for each assembly constituency will depend on the count of postal ballots reported The 66 per cent turnout figure refers specifically to the votes cast on electronic voting machines the chief electoral officer said in a statementThe increase excluding postal ballots highlighted the Election Commissions efforts to engage a broader electorate the statement addedKolhapur led with 7663 per cent followed by 7526 per cent in Gadchiroli which has some Left Wing Extremism affected pockets while the lowest was in Mumbai island city at 5207 per cent and 5595 per cent in the metropolis suburban districtMore than 68000 citizens aged over 85 and 12000 individuals with disabilities cast their votes through home votingAdditionally 36000 voters from essential services used postal voting A total of 466823 postal ballots were issued to voters on election duty and around 16000 Electronically Transmittable Postal Ballots ETPB were accepted for service voters it said the news agency reportedwith PTI inputs