Hyderabad, May 9 -- Controversy erupted after a video of a BJP leader's minor son casting a vote during the Lok Sabha elections in Berasia, in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, surfaced on the internet.

Sources said the boy was the son of Vinay Mehar, a BJP panchayat leader, who accompanied his father and seemed to record the video at the polling station on Thursday, May 9. The minor purportedly cast a vote on the EVM on his father's behalf.

The video was shared on the BJP leader's Facebook page, and it was highlighted by the media advisor of Congress' Kamal Nath. The father and son were seen pressing a lotus (BJP) button on the EVM.

Pertinently, the video raised questions about how the BJP leader was allowed to take his mobile phone inside the...