LJP(RV) MP Shambhavi Chaudhary shows ink mark on both hands in viral video, triggers voting fraud claims

A video went viral on social media showing LJP(Ram Vilas) MP Shambhavi Chaudhary with voting ink marks on both her hands. Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders shared the video on X, alleging the MP cast her vote twice, which is a violation of election laws.

RJD national spokesperson Kanchana Yadav asked on X what the Election Commission of India is doing to check this fraud? She further said the matter should be investigated.

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While social media has erupted over the video amid earlier widespread allegations with regard to the SIR exercise in Bihar ahead of the polls, the Patna district administration has denied any wrongdoing on the part of the MP or election staff deployed on duty during the first phase of the election.

The administration posted on X that the polling staff had mistakenly applied ink on Chaudhary’s right hand. After this was pointed out by the Presiding Officer, the staff corrected their mistake and applied the ink to her left hand as well.

“A video is being circulated on social media regarding ink marks on both fingers of the Honorable MP Smt. Shambhavi after casting her vote. In this connection, inquiries were made from the Presiding Officer of Polling Station No. 61, Sant Paul’s Primary School, Buddha Colony (Northern Room of the Main Section) of 182-Bankipur Assembly Constituency. He has clarified that the polling staff responsible for applying ink had mistakenly applied it to the finger of the right hand. After the intervention of the Presiding Officer, ink was also applied to the finger of the left hand. It is being clarified that the Honorable MP Smt. Shambhavi cast her vote only at Serial No. 275 of the voter list of Polling Station No. 61, Sant Paul’s Primary School, Buddha Colony (Northern Room of the Main Section) of 182-Bankipur Assembly Constituency,” the Patna district administration said in its clarification.

सोशल मीडिया पर माननीय सांसद श्रीमती शाम्भवी के मतदान के पश्चात दोनों अंगुली पर स्याही के निशान लगे होने के संबंध में वीडियो प्रसारित हो रहा है। इस संबंध में 182-बाँकीपुर विधान सभा के मतदान केन्द्र सं.-61 संत पॉल्स प्राईमरी स्कूल, बुद्धा कॉलोनी (मुख्य भाग का उत्तरी कमरा) के… https://t.co/WjuyyqVhha

— District Administration Patna (@dm_patna) November 7, 2025

Meanwhile, the ECI said that the final voter turnout in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Election held yesterday was 65.08 per cent. In the first phase of the election, 121 Assembly constituencies across 18 districts went to vote.

It may be recalled that the state’s average voter turnout in the last Assembly Elections in 2020 was 57.29 per cent, and in the 2024 Lok Sabha General Elections, it was 56.28 per cent.