Anantapur, Apr 11 : Janasena Party Assembly Candidate Madhusudhan Gupta was arrested after he smashed an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling booth in this district of Andhra Pradesh during voting on Thursday.
Mr Gupta went to 183 polling booth after the polling began. He was apparently angry over the poor arrangements made by polling staff and argued with them. Later in a fit of rage, he threw the EVM Machine on the ground.
Later, police arrested him.
Meanwhile, Janasena Party President and actor-turned-politician K Pawan Kalyan condemned the smashing of EVM by his candidate.
Mr Pawan Kalyan admitted that his candidate committed mistake by smashing the EVM.
He expressed dissatisfaction over many EVMs breaking down during the course of polling.
