Residents of Maharashtra village cancel plans for ‘re-election’ to verify Assembly poll results
This came after the police warned of action against those involved and clarified that only the Election Commission was authorised to conduct such an exercise.
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Residents of a village in the Malshiras Assembly constituency in Maharashtra’s Solapur district on Tuesday cancelled plans for “re-election” using ballot papers to “verify” polling conducted through Electronic Voting Machines, The Indian Express reported.
This came after the police warned of action against those involved and clarified that only the Election Commission was authorised to conduct such an exercise.
A day earlier, the Malshiras sub-divisional magistrate imposed prohibitory orders in Markadwadi village till Thursday on account of the alleged re-election plan, PTI quoted unidentified officials as saying.
The call for a re-election was made by Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate Uttamrao Jankar, according to The Indian Express. In the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections, Jankar defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ram Satpute by a margin of 13,147 votes from Malshiras.
However, the residents of Markadwadi claimed that he had polled fewer votes in their village against Satpute, which they said was not possible, according to PTI. While Jankar secured 843 votes in the village, Satpute recieved 1,003 votes. The village is known to be Jankar’s stronghold.
Following this, a group from the village put up banners claiming that a “re-election” would be held on Tuesday, PTI reported.
Residents also printed ballot papers listing the candidates and their party symbols in the same order as had appeared on Electronic Voting...
