PATNA: Amid brisk voting for the second and final phase of Assembly elections in Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday lodged an FIR against certain individuals over "circulation and distribution" of voter slips inside a polling booth in Motihari district.
Two people have been arrested for violating the model code of conduct, the poll panel said.
The matter came to light after the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) flagged "flagrant violation" of electoral guidelines, allegedly by the polling agent of the BJP candidate in booth numbers 229 and 230 of Motihari Assembly.
Accusing the BJP candidate of a forced election campaign on the day of voting, the RJD, on its X handle, shared pictures and videos of voter slips being displayed in the open, with alleged intent to sway voters.