Claim: Video depicts VVPAT slips being removed from the strong room, despite the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 requiring VVPAT slips to be preserved for one year following the elections.
Fact-check: Viral Video Shows VVPAT Slip Extraction & Preservation as per ECI guidelines, Not Destruction - FACTLY
Verdict: though the time and location of the video is unknown, the video doesn't show any wrongdoing. the workers can be seen extracting the vvpat slips from the machine and preserving them after counting as per the guidelines of election commission of india, and not destroying them. further investigation on the unauthorized person who recorded the video is ongoing. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Harshavardhan Konda
Date published: 2023-05-03T12:39:49