Video: Independent Candidate Garlands Voting Machine In Maharashtra, Faces Police Case

The police have registered a case against spiritual leader Shantigiri Maharaj, an independent candidate, for allegedly violating the model code of conduct after he garlanded the EVM enclosure while exercising his franchise in the Nashik Lok Sabha

As the voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections got underway, veteran Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal exercised his democratic duty by casting his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai on Monday morning.

In Maharashtra, polling will be held in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies, including six in Mumbai.

A man has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district after a video surfaced on Sunday on social media in which he was seen voting multiple times, an official said.

Voters from 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories voted in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls today.

Jailed separatist Amritpal Singh, who is contesting from the Khadoor Sahib seat in Punjab as an Independent candidate, has been allotted the poll symbol of "'mike'.