Ahead of Maharashtra polls, the INDIA bloc has questioned the Election Commission, saying that "there are discrepancies in the voter list and claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is changing the list with the help of the Election Commission."
Speaking to the media, Shiv Sena (UBT Faction) leader Sanjay Raut said, "In every assembly constituency where the BJP is contesting, they are searching for voters who voted for the MVA in the Lok Sabha elections. They plan to remove 10,000 genuine voters from each assembly constituency and replace them with 10,000 bogus voters."
#Breaking | Ahead of Maharashtra polls, I.N.D.I.A Bloc questions EC again In every assembly constituency where the BJP is contesting, they are searching for voters who voted for the MVA in the Lok Sabha elections. They plan to remove 10,000 genuine voters from each assembly… pic.twitter.com/ksQ1dYpTDI
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BJP Announces First List
The BJP on Sunday released its first list of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis will contest from Nagpur South West, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule from Kamthi, minister Girish Mahajan from Jamner, minister Sudhir Mungantiwar from Ballarpur, Sreejaya Ashok Chavan from Bhokar, Ashish Shelar from Vandre West, Mangal Prabhat Lodha from Malabar Hill, Rahul Narwekar from Colaba and Chhatrapati Shivendra Raje Bhosale from Satara.
BJP releases the first list of 99 candidates for the #MaharashtraElection2024.Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis to contest from Nagpur Souty West, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule from Kamthi, minister Girish Mahajan from Jamner, minister Sudhir Mungantiwar from Ballarpur,… pic.twitter.com/uzPHuWuzIt
— ANI (@ANI) October 20, 2024
Maharashtra will go to polls on November 20, to elect the 288 members to its Legislative Assembly. The counting and results will be declared on November 23.
With this, the political parties have begun gearing up for an election that will be unprecedented in many ways.In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Congress and unified Shiv Sena had won 154 out of 288 seats as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition.
However, this time around the Shiv Sena (UBT), Sharad Pawar's NCP and Congress are in alliance to counter the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance.