Madhya Pradesh: 100s of voter IDs found in pond; probe ordered

BHOPAL: Hundreds of genuine elector ID cards were recovered floating successful Raja Talab successful Bijawar municipality of Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur territory connected Saturday. Officials said the cards, each belonging to Ward No. 15, were discovered wrong a container during a cleaning drive. According to section media reports, sanitation workers noticed the container floating successful the pond, pulled it retired and recovered hundreds of archetypal elector ID cards. An eyewitness told reporters that determination were astir 400-500 elector cards successful the bag. All these cards are genuine, officials said.Locals claimed these were undistributed elector cards that ne'er reached citizens. Officials said that a preliminary enquiry has been ordered.Political reactions poured successful soon aft visuals were circulated connected societal media. State Congress netaDeepti Pandey told media, "This incidental reflects Rahul Gandhi's 'Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod' campaign. It indispensable beryllium investigated impartially." Congress territory president Gagan Yadav added, "EC indispensable clarify however hundreds of elector cards ended up successful the pond, oregon Congress volition motorboat a movement." Samajwadi Party authorities president Manoj Yadav alleged irregularities, telling reporters, "How did 500-600 elector IDs scope the pond? Were fake votes created and present destroyed? The Election Commission indispensable answer."