INDIA bloc to move Supreme Court over alleged EVM manipulation in Maharashtra polls
The move shows that the ‘Congress has no respect for the Constitution’, said BJP leader Sambit Patra.
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The Opposition INDIA bloc will move the Supreme Court over the alleged manipulation of Electronic Voting Machines in the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, reported PTI on Tuesday.
The announcement came after Sharad Pawar, the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), met Aam Aadmi Party’s National Convener Arvind Kejriwal.
On November 23, the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra – comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena group led by Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Ajit Pawar – won 230 seats in the 288-member Assembly.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi – comprising the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Sharad Pawar and the Congress – won 46 seats.
All three parties are constituents of the INDIA bloc at the national level. The Aam Aadmi Party is also part of the alliance.
Days after the result was announced, the Congress’ Maharashtra unit had accused the Election Commission of tampering with voter data. The party had asked how voter turnout increased by 7.83 percentage points after the official polling time had ended.
On November 20, the day of polling in Maharashtra, a voter turnout of 58.22% was reported by 5 pm, according to Election Commission data. By 11.30 pm on the same day, the turnout went up...
