It seemed like a shock and may turn out to be a major chaotic situation after the city election offices issued a statement prohibiting mobile phones at the polling booths on Monday. The suburban district collector hasn’t issued a press note but officials said the ban is in place. Though the instruction was issued for all the phases, it wasn’t implemented strictly earlier.  But after the reels on casting votes inside polling booths went viral, election officials have been asked to implement them strictly.

However, there isn’t any provision or system at polling booths to keep voters mobile safe while they cast their votes. So it may affect the voter turnout in the city, which always sees lower voting percentage. As per the press release issued by the district collectors in Mumbai, voters will have to keep their mobile 100 metres outside the polling station before going to cast their vote. District Election Officer Sanjay Yadav informed that voters will be prohibited from taking mobile phones to the polling station on the day of polling.