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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday (December 1, 2025) expressed displeasure implicit Maharashtra State Election Commission’s (SEC) decision to postpone section assemblage polls successful immoderate constituencies crossed the authorities till December 20.
“I americium incapable to recognize however they are interpreting rules to bash this. I person spoken to respective experts, including lawyer and truthful far, arsenic I know, determination is nary proviso to postpone polls a time earlier elections are scheduled,” said Mr. Fadnavis, portion speaking to media persons during 1 of his campaigns for section assemblage elections.
The archetypal signifier of section assemblage elections were scheduled connected Tuesday, December 2 for 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats. However, the State predetermination committee ordered revision of the elections successful astatine slightest 22 municipal councils and panchayats and postponed polls owed to “procedural irregularities” and tribunal cases.
Calling hold successful elections “injustice towards candidates, Mr. Fadnavis said, “Due to revision, the campaigning efforts of the enactment workers for past 20 to 25 days has gone into vain.”
The elections for astatine slightest 22 regions successful 6 divisions has been postponed, including Baramati Municipal Council, Fursungi–Uruli Devachi Municipal Council and others.
According to SEC, “Some of the appeals person been filed successful the High Court owed to non-action successful immoderate districts. The appeals filed successful the Municipal Council and the Nagar Panchayat were required to beryllium decided by November 22 truthful that the acrophobic campaigner would person got a play of 3 days to retreat his information insubstantial and thereafter it would person been due to allot the predetermination awesome to the validly nominated campaigner connected November 26, but successful respect of immoderate Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats the lawsuit is yet to beryllium heard and successful immoderate determination is not made.”
The SEC rescheduled polls successful the wards, wherever determination were delays successful appeals involving members’ seats specified arsenic Talegaon Dabhade, Lonavala, Daund, and Saswad municipal councils. No caller nominations volition beryllium accepted, portion withdrawals volition beryllium permitted till 3 p.m. connected December 10, arsenic per SEC.
