Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday slammed Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his repeated allegations of "election rigging" in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, terming it as "unfortunate".
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's allegations that Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2024 were a blueprint for rigging democracy, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar stated that he should visit West Bengal to see democracy under the Mamata Banerjee government.
Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday took a dig at Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his recent tweet alleging poll rigging in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
RJD MP Manoj Jha on Tuesday demanded the Election Commission's neutrality amid the row over Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's remarks over the addition of voters to the electoral rolls in Maharashtra Assembly elections.
"I used to think of him as the leader of the opposition, but how he has talked about childish things, like asking for the voter's list of Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha, it is already available on the ECI website, declared by the Election Commission. This was very childish, this was not the spee
The Congress party raised 'doubts' about EVMs after its losses in the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections. The party even met with the Election Commission to express doubts about the electoral process in Maharashtra.
Pune NCP (SCP) President Prashant Sudamrao Jagtap said that they would approach the Supreme Court as a collective regarding the "scam" that happened in the Maharashtra assembly elections. He said that the INDIA alliance has faith in the apex court and hoped that it will give a decision in
"Whatever is being said about EVMs (by the opposition), I'll say that such statements against the functioning of constitutional institutions create doubt about parliamentary democracy," Narwekar said.
Responding to questions about the legitimacy of EVM, Shinde said, "The opposition should welcome the clear majority given by the people of Maharashtra. Our 2.5 years of Mahayuti government has done so much work, and implemented so many schemes, the result of which is this..."
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday expressed concern over the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections, saying that "people have doubt over the election process and voters are not feeling confident."
The Mahayuti alliance, led by the BJP, secured a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections held on November 23. However, the alliance has yet to finalize its Chief Ministerial candidate.