New Delhi: As the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections progresses, a video featuring Surinder Kamboj, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Firozpur, has gained widespread attention. In the video, Kamboj is seen displaying the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) while casting his vote.Who is Surinder KambojSurinder Kamboj is a prominent figure with a controversial past. He has approximately 14 criminal cases against him, including charges of fraud and extortion. Kamboj was arrested on April 21 last year in an alleged extortion case but was released on bail in October of the same year. Notably, in 2007, he was implicated in a flesh trade racket by the Chandigarh Police and faced accusations related to vehicle thefts.Who is Jagdeep SinghKambojs son, Jagdeep Singh Goldy Behl, is an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Jalalabad, Punjab. The father-son duo was formerly affiliated with the Congress. Surinder Kamboj previously served as the chairman of the Land Mortgage Bank in Jalalabad and was a member of the district grievances redressal committee in Fazilka. Goldy, once a national-level Youth Congress leader, left the party in 2019 after being denied a ticket for the Jalalabad Assembly bypoll and joined AAP in February 2020.Watch video hereIn a bizarre incident, a video of #BSP candidate from Ferozepur Lok Sabha constituency Surinder Kamboj casting his vote showing EVM goes viral. Kambojs son Jagdeep Singh Goldy Kamboj is the #AAP MLA from Jalalabad. pic.twitter.com/03JIw35Rlc— Parteek Singh Mahal (@parteekmahal) June 1, 2024Similar controversies during electionThis is not the first instance of controversy surrounding voting procedures. Last month in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, a video went viral showing the minor son of a BJP leader seemingly casting a vote on behalf of his father. The boy, reportedly the son of Vinay Mehar, a Panchayat leader of the BJP, was seen voting in the third phase of the elections on May 7. The video, which appeared to show Mehar clicking the video of his son voting, concluded with Mehar saying, “This is enough.
