Video: UP Candidate Keeps Watch On EVM Strongroom Using Binoculars

Yogesh Verma is the Samajwadi candidate from Hastinapur constituency in Meerut district. The exit polls have predicted that Uttar Pradesh will stay firmly with the BJP.

A Samajwadi Party candidate standing in an open jeep, binoculars to his eyes is hard at work: he is keeping a vigil at an EVM strongroom in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district. #WATCH | Samajwadi Party candidate from Hastinapur constituency in Meerut district, Yogesh Verma keeps an eye on EVM strong room with binoculars to prevent mishandling pic.twitter.com/0eB8FO4vQO

Yogesh Verma is the Samajwadi candidate from Hastinapur constituency in Meerut district. The exit polls have predicted that Uttar Pradesh will stay firmly with the BJP.

An aggregate of exit polls gives the BJP and its allies 241 of the state's 403 seats - the majority-mark is at 202 - with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party finishing second with 142 seats.