Kanpur: Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey has created a controversy by breaching the secrecy of voting. She had clicked pictures and videos inside the polling booth. She shared the footages of her casting vote on whatsapp groups.
She cast her vote at the Hudson School polling booth in Kanpur.
Taking the cognizance of the matter, the District Magistrate has initiated action against her.
In the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections voting will be held for 59 assembly seats in 16 districts. The fate of 627 candidates will be decided in the third phase. Voting will start at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm. The districts where polling will be held include Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba.
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