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TMC candidate casting vote for another caught on camera

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Press Trust of India Jhalda (WB)
Last Updated : Jul 11 2013 | 7:15 PM IST
Caught on television cameras casting a vote for another person, a Trinamool Congress candidate lamely admitted that he did so to help the voter who was 'inebriated', during the first phase of the panchayat elections at Jhalda in West Bengal's Purulia district today.
TMC candidate J Bagdi who was seen casting vote on behalf of a voter, when questioned said "He is drunk. His hands are trembling.
"He asked me to vote for him. That's why I voted on his behalf," Bagdi said.

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First Published: Jul 11 2013 | 7:15 PM IST

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