Hyderabad: Cell phone in voting booth not allowed

State Election Commissioner C Partha Sarathi has issued orders that cell phones will not be allowed into the voting compartment. This is being done to prevent voters taking a photograph of polled ballot paper and circulating it on social media. Such incidents were reported during gram panchayat elections earlier this year and the election commissioner has now directed the returning officers to ensure that the secrecy of voting is maintained.

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