A video went viral on Wednesday eveninginsocial media showing cash distribution to voters at Jurabandhvillage under Tarava block under Sonepur Assembly constituency.
As per reports, the person concerned distributing cash in video is allegedly BJD district secretary Manabhanjan Mishra.
The video shows cash being distributed as per a voters list and the act of money being given and received by a voter has been captured.
Asked about the cash distribution video, Mishra however denied the charges and said that he gave the money to a BJD agent who later paid it to a milkman.
“The charges are baseless. The person sitting beside me, as shown in the video, is a polling agent who is handing over money to a milkman. The place where we were sitting is the milkman’s house,” said Mishra.
When asked why the voters’ list was kept there, Mishra failed to give any satisfactory answer.
Later some BJP workers lodged an FIR against Mishra in Tarbha Police station.
As till now no action has been taken against the BJD functionary, although money distribution is seenclearly in thevideo, the role ofpolice and the administration is under scanner.
