During Maharashtra Opposition’s protest rally, Raj Thackeray alleges 4,500 ‘voted twice’ in Mumbai

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Raj Thackeray on Saturday alleged that 4,500 voters who were registered in Thane’s Kalyan rural, Dombivali, Bhiwandi and Murbad constituencies cast their votes in Mumbai’s Malabar Hill in elections last year.

He did not specify if he was speaking about the Lok Sabha elections or the Assembly polls.

“So it is clear that they voted twice,” Thackeray was quoted as saying by News18 during a rally organised by the Maha Vikas Aghadi along with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena against alleged irregularities in the voters’ list of the state.

Thackeray added: “It is clear that there are lakhs of such voters in Maharashtra who have done double voting.”

The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprises Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and the Congress.

The rally followed a protest march, named “Satyacha Morcha”, or march for truth, which was attended by Uddhav Thackeray, Raj Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, Rohit Pawar and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat, among others.

In the Lok Sabha elections held in 2024, the Maha Vikas Aghadi won 30 of the 48 seats in the state. The remaining 18 seats were won by the ruling Mahayuti alliance comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena group led by former Chief...

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