Social media users had targeted the Election Commission for allegedly being absent amid the model code violations by top leaders during the campaign for the Lok Sabha polls.
The Supreme Court has barring Ramakrishna Reddy from entering the vote-counting booth in his constituency; in fact, the YSRCP leader was told not to be in the vicinity.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar rejected Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's allegations that Home Minister Amit Shah called up district magistrates to intimidate them
Maharashtra MLA Ravi Rana also backed his wife, Navneet Rana, to retain her Amravati Lok Sabha seat, which she won as an independent candidate in 2019 and is defending now with the BJP.
The Election Commission said that over 68,000 monitoring teams and 1.5 crore polling and security personnel were involved in the world's largest electoral exercise.
A video of the incident, which has since gone viral on social media, shows the man in a pink jersey executing a perfectly timed lofted shot over the bowler's head.