NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday expressed his help for the residents of Markadwadi village in Solapur, Maharashtra, who questioned the integrity of EVMs and introduced plans to carry a “repoll” utilizing poll papers, reported information company PTI.
The police, earlier this week, had registered a case towards greater than 200 folks within the village and its neighbouring areas for allegedly making an attempt to conduct a re-poll utilizing poll papers with out authorisation.
Sharad Pawar interacted with the villagers together with a number of NCP (SP) leaders, together with state president of the get together Jayant Patil, MP Darhysheel Patil, Vidyatai Chavan and MLA Uttamrao Jankar.
He addressed the gathering, and stated,”I want to thank the villagers as a result of you will have proven the precise path to the entire nation. You (villagers) had been those who considered conducting polls utilizing poll papers.”
He added that “Now we have collected some information about EVMs. Individuals solid their votes, however in the long run, the outcomes had been surprising. You raised consciousness concerning the concern, and the method wants to alter.”
Pawar additionally condemned the police for taking motion towards the villagers and informed them that he would take up the matter with the chief minisster, chief electoral officer, prime minister and ECI.
A gaggle of villagers had insisted on a re-election with poll papers after expressing their doubts on the votes counted via EVMs for a polling sales space at Markadwadi within the November 20 state polls.
The village which comes below the Malshiras meeting constituency, noticed BJP candidate Ram Satpute defeat the NCP (SP)’s Uttam Jankar by 13,147 votes.
Markadwadi residents have claimed the votes counted throughout the polls for the NCP (SP) chief had been lesser than BJP’s Satpute. The NCP (SP) chief additionally said that the opposition didn’t want to politicise the difficulty of this village.
“It’s my request to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis that we don’t need to politicise the matter. We need to resolve the doubts of those villagers,” he stated.
Pawar, on Saturday, had stated that he was shocked on the comparability between votes polled and seats gained by political events within the Maharashtra meeting elections.
“It’s true that we have now been defeated. We must always not fret over it however return to the folks, as no enthusiasm is seen among the many folks concerning the election outcomes. There’s quite a lot of resentment,” he stated throughout a press convention in Kolhapur.
In a submit on social media platform X, the chief stated, “America is the most important nation on the earth at this time. In America, the vote is solid within the poll field. England, the second largest democratic nation on the earth, additionally casts its vote within the poll field. Why is the entire world doing it however not in our personal India? We’re having doubts. Due to that doubt individuals are uncomfortable, some discrepanices have began to look.”
The ruling BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena alliance gained 230 of the 288 seats within the November 20 elections.
