Polls not fair, 450 complaints against EVMs but EC overruled them, says Sanjay Raut

Raut said the MVA was up initially when postal ballots were being counted. “That was a trend. But 1 hr later, the MVA struggled to adjacent get seats. Is this possible?” helium asked.

Citing definite purported instances, Raut said, “In Dombivli, our enactment workers realised that the numbers of EVM machines don’t match. When the enactment workers objected to it, predetermination officials overruled them. Similar things happened crossed Maharashtra. In Thane, aft the polling ended, EVM machines were taken to Sambhaji Nagar successful a tempo… and past they were again brought backmost to Thane.”

Raut said 2 leaders who near the Shiv Sena (UBT) conscionable 2 days earlier the elections person been elected. “What large enactment did they bash to person been elected? They person secured 1 to 2 lakh votes… And, therefore, determination is country for doubt,” helium added.

The Rajya Sabha subordinate demanded that caller elections beryllium held with ballot papers. “The Election Commission should… clasp caller elections connected ballot paper… I americium definite determination volition beryllium a antithetic result,” helium said, adding that they person been demanding the usage of ballot papers for the past 10 years.

Raut said, for the archetypal time, adjacent Nationalist Congress Party (SP) main Sharad Pawar besides raised doubts astir the usage of EVMs.