Voters Fume as Cops, ECI Prevent Phones
While election authorities stated that cell phones were not permitted inside polling booths, residents argued that their Aadhaar cards were on their phones and that this was essential to confirm their identification. In several circumstances, voters just left.
"Nowadays, everything is connected to the mobile phone," stated Arvind Kumar. We can't leave our phones at home since we're scheduling our commute through app-based aggregators. They should make plans."
Some good Samaritans rushed to the aid of voters, promising to keep their phones secure until they could vote.
"People are having a lot of difficulty because most of them are carrying phones," said H. Sailatha, who assisted fellow voters at Nehru Park voting station in Sanathnagar constituency. The booth is right outside my door, and since I recognised the problem, I offered to keep the phones with me."