Maharashtra Information: Launching a scathing assault on the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Udvav Thackeray stated on Thursday that anybody who spreads communal disharmony “cannot be a Hindu”. He additionally affirmed that the ‘Hindutva’ of his celebration is “clear”. The previous Maharashtra Chief Minister was addressing a public assembly, on the event of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray’s delivery anniversary.
Whereas talking throughout the rally, Thackeray additionally challenged the BJP-led Centre for holding elections on poll papers. “If you’re ashamed, hold EVMs apart and maintain elections utilizing poll papers. Anybody who spreads Hindu-Muslim enmity can’t be a Hindu. Our Hindutva is clear,” he stated.
Notably, the 2024 Maharashtra Meeting Election was an enormous drubbing for Shiv Sena (UBT), diminished to 20 seats because the BJP-led Mahayuti, registered a landslide victory with 235 seats. In the meantime, a number of opposition leaders of the INDIA bloc, have been questioning the ‘equity’ of Digital Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections and demanding that elections be held with poll papers.
Earlier this month, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dismissed the suggestion of returning to paper ballots for voting, saying, “Returning to the outdated paper poll system is unwarranted and regressive. That is geared toward derailing the election course of.”
This week, a Division Bench of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom dismissed an attraction difficult the usage of Digital Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections throughout constituencies. The petitioner had raised considerations relating to the usage of EVMs, arguing that Part 61-A of the related regulation requires the respondent (Election Fee of India) to offer particular justifications for the usage of EVMs in every constituency individually.
The bench, led by Appearing Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and comprising Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, dismissed the attraction, stating, “We discover no benefit within the current attraction, and the identical is dismissed.”
(With ANI Inputs)
