MVA accuses ruling coalition of altering voter lists ahead of polls

The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday accused the ruling coalition of misusing the government machinery to remove legitimate voters from the voter lists' ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024.

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Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole, while addressing an MVA press conference said, "The BJP is making changes to the voter list and removing names of the voters from the electoral rolls, despite the Election Commission's assurance of free and fair elections in Maharashtra." Notably, Maha Vikas Aghadi is the alliance of Congress, Shiv Sena-UBT (Uddhav Thackeray's faction) and NCP-SP (Sharad Pawar's faction). They are up against ruling Mahayuti, which is the alliance of BJP, NCP and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction).

He further alleged that CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis are involved in this, adding that BJP is scared of losing the elections.

"Form Number 7 is used to get names deleted from the existing electoral roll by raising objections.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis are involved behind all this," said Patole.