In a statement, the Maharashtra CEO explained that, as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India, it is mandatory to count VVPAT slips from five randomly selected polling stations in each assembly constituency.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam said on Monday that the Shiv Sena (UBT) allied with the Congress to secure Muslim votes in the recently concluded assembly elections in Maharashtra, describing the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) as an "unnatural alliance."
Notably, the MVA alliance partners have been raising questions about the legitimacy of EVMs after facing a setback in the Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024.
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..."
"The kind of statements being made by the people there should not be made. People do not have the brains to think about what should be said and when it should be said," Ram Gopal Yadav said.
"I would not like to comment much on them. Akhilesh Yadav is fighting his fight but the SP here (Maharashtra unit of SP) sometimes behaves like the B team of BJP...Our Hindutva is clear...Our Hindutva is about 'hriday mein Ram aur haath ko kaam'...Our Hindutva is about taking everyone tog
Speaking to reporters, Bawankule said, "Sharad Pawar should accept defeat. He suffered a great loss in these elections. The kind of lies they said in elections were all rejected by the people. Pawar Sahab has gone to Markadwadi. It doesn't behove a person of his age to lie. Maharashtra re
Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra President Abu Azmi expressed dissatisfaction with the "communal remarks" made by Shiv Sena (UBT) and pulled out of the Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA) alliance on Saturday.
A total of 173 newly elected MLAs took oath today before the house was adjourned.
Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs Abu Azmi and Raees Sheikh took their oath of office today, despite opposition from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance. Meanwhile, the remaining 115 MLAs, largely from the opposition
Calling the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) a "Maha Vinash Aghadi," BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Thursday said that the people of Maharashtra want to go forward with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Viksit Bharat'.