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Oppn blames EC, EVMs and money
Orissa POST
|December 22, 2025
Maha local body polls
The Opposition Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) Sunday virtually conceded defeat in the elections to municipal councils and nagar panchayats, accusing the election commission of “facilitating” the victory of the ruling Mahayuti.
Counting of votes for elections to the posts of president and members in 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats held in two phases began in the morning.
In the multidimensional contests, Mahayuti alliesthe BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar’s NCPcontested against each other in some places. There were alliances as well as “friendly fights" among Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) constituentsthe Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP), and Congress.
The Congress targeted the State Election Commission as the BJP and Shiv Sena claimed victories across Maharashtra.
This story is from the December 22, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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