EC Stops Sonu Sood From Visiting Polling Booths To 'Influence' Voters; Actor's Car Impounded!

Bollywood Actor and India's messiah Sonu Sood was allegedly stopped from visiting polling stations in Moga. According to an ANI report, the Election Commission restrained Sood after they received complaints that he influenced voters.?

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Sood’s sister Mavika Sood is the Congress party’s candidate from Moga.?

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Officials confirmed that Sonu Sood’s car was impounded on Sunday, and he was stopped visiting the police booths.?

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This comes after a complaint from a supporter of Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Barjinder Singh alias Makhan Brar.?Sonu Sood said he wasn't trying to 'influence' the voters, contrary to these allegations.?

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Media reports quoted him as saying, "I'm a resident. I have not asked anyone to vote for any particular candidate or party. I was visiting our (Congress) booths set up outside polling stations."?

A report in The Tribute claims that District Magistrate Harish Nayyar has asked Moga SSP for a report.?

He was quoted in the report as saying,

“Sonu Sood was going from one polling booth to another, which some political parties found objectionable."?

Sonu Sood took to Twitter to accuse other party candidates of buying off votes.?

“Other Candidates in #Moga Constituency are buying votes. @ECISVEEP should take immediate action regarding the same."Sood also tagged Moga’s public relations office and police in the tweet.?

Sood's 38-year-old sister Malvika Sood Sachar contests from their ancestral place Moga on a Congress ticket.?

Sonu had been campaigning with her ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. Earlier, he had clarified,?

"All the schools, colleges, and dharamshalas (inn) in Moga have been built by my family. My mother has taught a lot of children for free." Sood also claimed that his sister has got half the city vaccinated against Covid.?

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