Mumbai, Oct 19 (PTI) Leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Saturday accused the BJP of deleting names of no less than 10,000 real voters from every constituency in Maharashtra within the run-up to the November 20 meeting polls.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut alleged Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule was a part of the conspiracy to delete the names of bonafide voters and get bogus names, together with these from different states, added to the electoral roll.
“The conspiracy to delete no less than 10,000 names from every constituency has been uncovered. We’ll create consciousness amongst individuals and, if wanted, will lead a protest march to the election workplace with these whose names have been deleted,” Raut stated.
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, who was additionally current throughout this media interplay, stated the MVA has met the state’s chief electoral officer.
The opposition may also ship an in depth mail on the matter to the Election Fee of India, Patole added.
“Out of worry of shedding the meeting polls, names of unique voters are being deleted. Names of bogus voters from different states are being included. Some officers are hand in glove with the BJP on this. Individuals of Maharashtra won’t tolerate it if the ECI doesn’t conduct meeting polls in a clear method,” Patole stated.
He alleged the voters whose names have been deleted belong to specific castes and faith.
Talking on the problem, NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad stated the MVA has discovered that names of unique voters, who solid their franchise in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, have been deleted in Shirdi, Chandrapur, Arvi, Kamptee, Kothrud, Gondia, Akola East, Chikhli, Nagpur, Kankavli, Khamgaon, Chimur and Dhamangaon Railway meeting seats.
In the meantime, Patole additionally requested why the ECI can not take away Maharashtra Director Common of Police (Rashmi Shukla) for the sake of honest and free polls when it has taken such a step in poll-bound Jharkhand.
The ECI on Saturday directed the Jharkhand authorities to take away the state’s Performing Director Common of Police (DGP) Anurag Gupta from his submit with fast impact as a result of a “historical past” of complaints in opposition to him in earlier elections.
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