Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Election Fee on Tuesday introduced the voting schedule for Nagar Panchayats and Nagar Parishads within the state, with voting scheduled for December 2 and counting of votes on December 3. Nevertheless, the state EC has not introduced the dates for polls to the 29 native our bodies.
There are 42 nagar panchayats and 246 nagar parishads within the state that may go to polls.
State election commissioner Dinesh Waghmare informed the media that they have been additionally tackling the difficulty of “suspicious” voters.
“We’re within the technique of figuring out attainable uncertain voters. If we discover such duplicate voters, we are going to put two stars in entrance of their names. We are going to go to their houses and examine. And we are going to take commitments from them as to the place they may vote,” he stated.
Opposition events in Maharashtra have raised the difficulty of pretend voters within the state, alleging that pretend voters have been added to the electoral rolls. A delegation of leaders from the Maha Vikas Aghadi Social gathering and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Social gathering met Waghmare final month. To debate the difficulty of duplicate voters. They demanded that native authorities elections ought to be held solely after the checklist is sorted.
“When the MVA delegation met us, they spoke about this situation. I’ve requested the Election Fee of India to offer the voting checklist from July 1 to October 15. However I’ve not acquired any communication but,” Waghmare informed the media on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, he additionally stated that as per the Supreme Courtroom order, polls for all native our bodies will likely be held by January 31, 2026.
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Native authorities ballot delays
5 years have handed because the time period of workplace expired in some native companies. Presently, all 29 native companies are run by state-appointed directors. There are not any elected members of your complete company, nagar panchayat or municipality.
These elections have been postponed because of a number of causes, together with the coronavirus pandemic, disputes over OBC quotas, the state authorities’s transfer to take management of ward delimitation from the State Election Fee, and the final MVA authorities’s determination to extend the variety of wards.
The political panorama of Maharashtra has undergone vital adjustments in recent times. Earlier, there have been 4 main political events, however following the cut up throughout the Shiv Sena and NCP, the quantity has elevated to 6. Presently, the ruling Mahayuti alliance consists of the BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), and NCP (Ajit Pawar faction), whereas the opposition MVA consists of the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT faction), and NCP (Sharad Pawar faction).
After the 2024 Vidhan Sabha elections by which the Mahayuti secured a historic majority, the MVA started questioning the authenticity of the voter checklist. You claimed to have duplicate and suspicious entries. Just lately, Raj Thackeray’s MNS additionally joined the refrain of political events questioning the authenticity of the voter checklist.
On Saturday, opposition events, together with the MNS, organized a rally in opposition to what they known as huge voter fraud. They claimed that round 96 million pretend votes have been added throughout the 2024 parliamentary elections. They renewed their requires the election to be postponed till the voter checklist is finalized.
Nevertheless, Waghmere stated on Tuesday that elections can’t be postponed and confirmed that polls for all native our bodies, together with municipal elections, will likely be held by January 31, 2026.
(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)
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