Opposition leaders united at the ‘Garjana Morcha’, led by Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in Mumbai on Sunday, demanding the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process and an end to the use of EVMs, with elections instead being conducted through ballot papers.
“There should be only ballot paper voting. When we will take up this issue in Delhi, two demands should be on our focus. “We welcome Make in India. He also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming he was the first prime minister against whom people across the country were expressing anger. He claimed that two election commissioners had now exposed alleged malpractices involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. He too demanded that elections be conducted using ballot papers. The march, held at the BMC headquarters in Mumbai, saw the participation of leaders and thousands of workers from opposition parties, presenting a united front against the electoral process.
First cancellation of the entire SIR process and second election on the ballot paper,” said Raj Thackeray. Uddhav Thackeray said the gathering was not a battle for any political party but a fight to save the nation and democracy. But if a dictator is made in India, we will all unite and end his regime,” he said. Uddhav said India had now stood up against “vote chor”. Targeting the BJP , Uddhav said the party was incapable of running the government and alleged that it was using power to take political revenge. He further said that Rahul Gandhi had been raising the issue of “vote chori” by the BJP, with the alleged help of the Election Commission , for several years. NCP (SP) state president Shashikant Shinde said the BJP’s “dictatorial regime” would face its first defeat in Maharashtra.
