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Maharashtra Congress main Nana Patole addresses a property league astatine Tilak Bhavan, successful Mumbai connected Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
A time aft the Supreme Court dismissed a public-interest litigation (PIL) seeking re-introduction of ballot papers successful spot of physics voting machines (EVMs), authorities Congress president Nana Patole connected Wednesday said that the enactment volition kickstart a “sign campaign” crossed Maharashtra successful 2 days for the instrumentality of ballot papers .
“Our enactment president Mallikarjun Kharge has made an announcement to rise a people’s question demanding ballot insubstantial alternatively of EVMs. As a portion of it, we volition undertake a motion run successful the authorities and those applications volition beryllium sent to the President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India and Election Commission of India,” said Patole.
On Tuesday, Kharge gave a telephone to acceptable up a wide question seeking ballot papers alternatively of EVMs.
The party’s telephone for ballot papers came aft MVA’s rout successful the Maharashtra Assembly elections and its ain disastrous show successful Haryana past month.
SC dismisses situation to EVMs
The Supreme Court connected Tuesday, portion dismissing a petition challenging EVMs, had said: “What happens is, if you triumph the elections, EVMs are not tampered with. When you suffer elections, EVMs are tampered (with).”
Patole termed the comments arsenic governmental successful quality and not based connected laws.
“Whether the courts tin marque specified a governmental connection needs to beryllium seen. But alternatively of this, the tribunal should person fixed notation to the recommendations made successful the law,” helium said.
Meanwhile, the senior enactment of Maharashtra Congress connected Wednesday held its gathering for the archetypal clip aft the party’s debacle successful the precocious held Assembly polls wherever it managed to triumph lone 16 retired of the 101 seats it contested.
The gathering passed a solution giving each rights to elite a legislative enactment person and main whip to enactment president Kharge.
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