Booth Capturing: What are the dates of the 18th Lok Sabha elections in India announced on 16 March? this time Lok Sabha Elections Will be in seven phases. In which the first phase will start on April 19. Then the seventh and last phase will take place on June 1. So its results will be declared on 4th June.
The timing of elections in India is very sensitive. Many types of incidents are also seen during elections. You must have often heard the name of an incident during elections. Which is called booth capturing. What is booth capturing? When did it happen for the first time in India? Let us know in detail.
What is booth capturing?
If the meaning of booth capturing is understood in simple words. So understand that by rigging or illegally casting fake votes and spoiling the genuine votes. Earlier in India, votes were cast through ballot paper. Ballot papers contained the names of the candidates and their election symbols. On which voters used to cast their vote by stamping it.
But if any other mark was made on these slips or they were damaged, then the vote would get cancelled. This was done in the early cases of booth capturing. Due to which one party would benefit. Intimidating people, driving people away and casting votes fraudulently is also considered as booth capturing. However, since elections using EVM, such incidents have not happened in India.
Booth capturing was done first in Begusarai
The year was 1957 and assembly elections were being held in Bihar. The election atmosphere in Bihar has always been heated. There was a tough competition on the Begusarai seat that year. Saryug Singh was in the fray from the Congress side, while Chandrashekhar Singh, who was the sitting MLA, was from the Communist Party. The election campaign for voting was going on at a very fast pace. The polling station was located at a distance of 6 kilometers from Begusarai.
Many people from nearby villages used to come to the booth to cast their votes. While people were casting their votes, 20 miscreants with guns came and removed the people and started casting fake votes themselves. It was told that these goons belonged to Congress candidate Saryug Singh. When the election results came, this was confirmed because Saryug Singh had won the election. This was the first case of booth capturing in India.
