The Chief Election Officer of Maharashtra S Chockalingam on Tuesday said that the Election Commission of India (EC) had five VVPAT machines at each assembly segment to be counted and matched with the numbers in the EVM as per Supreme Court Orders. The EC counted a total of 1,445 VVPAT slips on November 23, the … Read more
Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer, S Chockalingam, has warned of strict legal action against individuals spreading false claims or insinuations regarding tampering with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). His statement comes amid ongoing allegations from Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders about EVM malpractices during the recent Maharashtra assembly elections. Chockalingam, on Sunday, underlined that any attempts to sensationalise … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday alleged that during the recently held Maharashtra Assembly elections, there were issues in the entire election machinery, which he said is “dangerous for democracy”. He said that the Congress had raised questions on these issues. Speaking to ANI, Jairam Ramesh termed the results of the Maharashtra elections “impossible.” “The … Read more
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SCP) leader Jitendra Awhad has raised serious allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing it of erasing crucial data from the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections. The NCP-SCP leader questioned the handling of election data by the ECI, claiming that 46 lakh votes suddenly … Read more
Only the estranged Thackeray cousins- Uddhav and Raj- can decide if they want to join hands, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve said on Saturday. Danve said Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s political position is ambiguous and people cannot understand whether he is supporting the state government or opposing it. “After every poll … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday launched fresh attacks on the opposition Congress after the party said the Maharashtra election results are ‘unacceptable’. Speaking to on Sunday, Poonawalla said, “Congress ki ek hi pehchaan, karo loktantra aur janta ka apmaan. The party always questions the public’s conscience. Whenever Congress lost elections, they … Read more
Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Saturday expressed his dissatisfaction over the results of the Maharashtra election, terming it as “unacceptable.”Speaking to ANI, after the results of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections were declared, Alvi noted that India and democracy had lost. Congress leader Rashid Alvi said, “The way elections in Maharashtra were held shortly after … Read more
In the Kolhapur South, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Amal Mahadik is leading against Congress’s Ruturaj Patil by 15,374 votes, with 14 out of 23 rounds of counting already done.The Kolhapur South seat was previously won by Indian National Congress party candidate Ruturaj Sanjay Patil in the 2019 Assembly elections.As per the initial results, the Mahayuti … Read more
MUMBAI: Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising NCP (SP), Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress has summoned all its winning candidates to Mumbai immediately after the poll results are declared on Saturday.It is not fear of poaching that has driven this decision but the idea that all legislators of the alliance should be under one roof, MVA sources … Read more
MUMBAI: Even before assembly poll results could be out, a tiff over CM’s post broke out on Thursday within the Mahayuti as well as in the Maha Vikas Aghadi.While Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat claimed that Eknath Shinde will continue to remain CM once results are declared on Saturday, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said … Read more
