Maharashtra Congress chief Patole calls poll verdict murder of democracy, says govt, EC should clear people’s doubts

In a station connected X, the Congress person said helium spoke to societal activistic Baba Adhav, who has been protesting successful Pune against the alleged misuse of physics voting machines (EVMs) successful the precocious held Maharashtra elections.

Adhav, who is successful his 90s, began his three-day protestation astatine Phule Wada, the residence of societal reformer Jyotiba Phule, successful the metropolis connected Thursday.

“There is simply a deficiency of transparency successful the Maharashtra assembly predetermination results. Our basal is that this verdict is simply a execution of democracy. When radical are questioning the fairness of canvass process, it is the work of the Election Commission and the authorities to wide their doubts,” Patole said connected the societal media post.

महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा निवडणूक निकालामध्ये पारदर्शकता नसल्याचे समोर येत आहेत. हा निकाल म्हणजे लोकशाहीचा खून आहे, अशी आमची भूमिका आहे. निवडणूक प्रक्रियेबाबत राज्यासह देशभरातील नागरिकांकडून शंका व्यक्त केल्या जात असतील तर त्याचे निराकरण करण्याची जबाबदारी निवडणूक आयोग आणि सरकारची आहे.… pic.twitter.com/hjx9O68VAU

— Nana Patole (@NANA_PATOLE) November 30, 2024

“Senior societal activistic Dr Baba Adhav has been protesting against this astatine Mahatma Phule Wada successful Pune. Called Dr Adhav and expressed solidarity with him successful his agitation and assured that I was with him to prevention democracy,” helium added.

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In the November 20 Assembly polls, the ruling Mahayuti registered a resounding victory and retained powerfulness successful the state, pocketing a whopping 230 of the 288 Assembly seats.

Recovering from its Lok Sabha elections losses, the BJP emerged arsenic the azygous largest party, winning 132 seats, the Shiv Sena 57 and the NCP 41 seats.

In the absorption Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Shiv Sena (UBT) won 20 seats, the Congress 16 and the NCP (SP) candidates won 10 seats.

Following the results, the absorption parties person been alleging that the ruling parties indulged successful manipulation of EVMs successful bid to triumph the elections.