Large-scale anomalies in voters’ list, postpone Maharashtra local body elections, say Opposition parties

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and different Opposition parties connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025) sought the postponement of Maharashtra section assemblage elections till the alleged ‘large-scale anomalies successful the voters’ list’ were removed. The Opposition parties held 2 meetings with the officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the State Election Commission (SEC) implicit a play of 2 days, earlier making this demand. This was besides the archetypal clip erstwhile Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) main Raj Thackeray was seen sharing signifier with the MVA leaders.

The Opposition parties claimed that respective constituencies successful Maharashtra had duplicate voters, faulty EPIC numbers, respective radical utilizing the aforesaid photograph individuality cards oregon an unreasonably ample fig of voters staying astatine the aforesaid address.

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They demanded that the voters’ database beryllium made disposable successful the nationalist domain and beryllium shared with the governmental parties. Jayant Patil besides accused the ECI of letting different enactment grip its website. “Some names are determination connected the website. The infinitesimal immoderate quality flashes connected TV astir that name, the aforesaid sanction vanishes from the database by evening,” helium said, showing papers of voters’ lists wherever 400 voters were registered connected an code successful Kamthi which had location fig 0.

All the Opposition parties submitted a two-page missive to the SEC demanding that the anomalies successful the voters’ database beryllium cleared and that the updated voters’ rotation beryllium utilized for the section assemblage elections. It besides demanded a strict vigil connected houses wherever much than 20 voters had registered connected the aforesaid address. They sought the usage of VVPAT machines oregon voting done ballot papers.

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Uddhav Thackeray raised the contented of the cut-off date, saying that those who crook 18 aft 31 July should besides beryllium allowed to vote.

“The Election Commission conducts the election, but the governmental parties look them. Why aren’t the voters’ lists being shared with us? Also, if determination are truthful galore problems with the voters’ list, delight archer the Supreme Court that you are not acceptable and that you privation to postpone the elections. Don’t clasp elections with faulty voters’ rolls erstwhile truthful galore anomalies person been raised, and grounds has been submitted to you,” Raj Thackeray said during the property conference.

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Congress person Balasaheb Thorat said that the enactment raised issues and filed complaints during the State Assembly elections past twelvemonth but did not person immoderate effect truthful far. Vijay Waddettiwar claimed that FIRs were besides not registered erstwhile the Congress workers gave grounds of the malpractice during the elections. “And now, the elections are going to beryllium held connected the ground of the aforesaid voters’ list. Why is the authorities not allowing the revision of lists?” helium asked.