Lok Sabha Elections 2019: The man, Pawan Kumar, said he voted for the BJP's sitting lawmaker in Bulandshahr, Bhola Singh, instead of the Bahujan Samaj Party's Yogesh Verma.
-- BSP supporter said he accidentally pressed the wrong the button
-- He said he was not forced to press on the BJP button
-- He said he voted for BJP's Bhola Singh instead of BSP's Yogesh Verma
BULANDSHAHR: A supporter of Mayawati's party in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr chopped off his finger on Thursday after he voted for the BJP by "mistake".
The man, Pawan Kumar, said he accidentally pressed the wrong the button. "I accidentally pressed the button having Lotus symbol instead of an elephant. I chopped my finger for the mistake," he told news agency ANI.
Mr Kumar, who is from a village in Bulandshahr's, said he voted for the BJP's sitting lawmaker Bhola Singh instead of the Bahujan Samaj Party's Yogesh Verma.
A widely-shared video online shows the man sitting on a chair with his index finger wrapped in bandage. When asked if he was forced to press on the BJP button, he said he wasn't.
Mr Verma was fielded by the alliance of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party and Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Janata Dal.
The BJP's Bhola Singh got a notice from the Election Commission after he was seen campaigning at an election booth in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr in a viral video.