Oppn to take 'vote chori' issue to the streets on November 1
MUMBAI, Oct. 20 -- After taking up the issue of alleged voter list fudging directly with the Election Commission (EC), political parties, mainly the opposition, have decided to take the matter to the people. Questioning the integrity of the poll body, they will hit the Mumbai streets on November 1 in a march similar to the one led by Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi in August.
All the senior leaders such as Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Raj Thackeray and Harshwardhan Sapkal are expected to participate in the march, which will be the first such protest against the EC in Maharashtra.
The announcement was made by the opposition leaders on Sunday in an interaction attended by Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, former state NCP (SP) president Jayant Patil, Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant, MNS leader Bala Nandgaonkar and CPI leader Prakash Reddy among others. This is the third time that parties have put up a united front against the EC. P5...
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