Maharashtra zilla parishad polls: Video shows minor boy ‘casting vote’ | Pune News

PUNE: A viral video has surfaced showing a 14-year-old boy, accompanied by his father—a candidate in the Zilla Parishad elections—allegedly casting a vote in Maharashtra’s Solapur district.The video shows Arjun Sinh Mohite Patil’s son standing beside him inside a polling booth at Yashwant Nagar in Akluj and pressing the EVM button during the polls held on Saturday.Responding to the controversy, Mohite Patil later claimed that the boy had only wanted to see how the voting process works.“My son wanted to see how a vote is cast and that is why I took him inside. The polling officials raised objections, but I requested them to allow him to stand next to me while I cast my vote. I do not think there is anything objectionable in this,” he said. (With agency inputs)