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Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray connected Monday (November 3, 2025) said section assemblage polls successful Maharashtra indispensable beryllium held lone aft the electoral rolls are cleaned up.
He besides refuted the ruling BJP's allegation of "appeasement politics" with regards to voters database irregularities and said the Shiv Sena (UBT) and different Opposition enactment person not referred to immoderate bogus elector by religion.
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Thackeray alleged the Election Commission and the Union authorities were "scared of Gen Z", claiming those turning 18 aft July 1 volition beryllium deprived of their close to ballot arsenic the canvass sheet has acceptable a cut-off day of July 1 for elector eligibility successful the upcoming section assemblage elections.
"The Election Commission should rectify errors, including duplicate and bogus names, successful the voters' list. Neither Shiv Sena (UBT) nor immoderate different absorption enactment has referred to immoderate bogus elector by religion. We are not opposing elections but privation them to beryllium held lone aft the rolls are cleaned," Mr. Thackeray said.
He appealed to citizens to sojourn the nearest Shiv Sena (UBT) 'shakha' (locality offices) and verify whether their names are listed correctly and if immoderate errors oregon omissions person occurred.
"We are opening centres for voters' convenience. People indispensable cheque whether they tin ballot successful their polling stations truthful that we cognize however galore youngsters are being deprived of voting rights," the erstwhile Chief Minister said.
Taking a swipe astatine BJP person Ashish Shelar, Mr. Thackeray said the Minister had "shown courage" by "unknowingly" calling Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis "Maharashtra's Pappu" for not acknowledging irregularities successful the voters' list.
Mr. Thackeray alleged determination were rifts wrong the BJP implicit the issue.
He charged that Mr. Shelar has killed galore birds with 1 stone.
"If the BJP is demanding cleansing of electoral rolls, they should person travel with america (Opposition parties) to the ECI and State Election Commission with their demands,'' Mr. Thackeray said.
"We haven't asked for elector rolls correction based connected religion. We volition determination the tribunal asking for correcting the voters list. If Shelar agrees determination are problems successful the list, the BJP should besides beryllium a enactment to the case," helium said.
Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar had alleged earlier successful the time that Mr. Uddhav Thackeray and MNS caput Raj Thackeray were engaging successful appeasement politics.
By pointing retired aggregate entries of Hindu voters, they are sowing the seeds of Hindu-Muslim division, Mr. Shelar had said portion questioning wherefore the 2 had stopped abbreviated of naming voters from different communities.
Mr. Thackeray besides raised concerns implicit the Election Commission's Saksham app and its server, claiming irregularities could pb to wrongful deletion of names of genuine voters.
"We are exposing the corrupt practices of the Election Commission. If determination are voters registered astatine your code who don't beryllium there, delight constituent them out. The Shiv Sena (UBT) and different absorption parties person decided to attack tribunal seeking rectification of duplicate and bogus entries earlier the polls are conducted," Mr. Thackeray asserted.
The Supreme Court has directed the Maharashtra State Election Commission to behaviour the section assemblage polls successful the State by January 31, 2026.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising the Congress, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (SP), on with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) connected Saturday (November 1, 2025) held a protestation march against alleged irregularities successful the voters list, which the Opposition has been claiming were helping the ruling BJP.
The Opposition accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of turning a unsighted oculus to alleged voters database irregularities similar aggregate entries, wrongful deletions and additions etc.
