Mumbai, Jan. 5 -- : Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshvardhan Sapkal said on Monday that in the local self-government elections in the state, the principle of free and fair elections has been sabotaged.
The Chief Minister and both Deputy Chief Ministers have wrapped up democracy, and a game of money is underway. Even before polling, horse-trading has begun, and the BJP-led Mahayuti's hunger for power has reached the point of where they have lost all respect for democratic principles, Sapkal alleged.
Speaking at a press conference at Tilak Bhavan, the Congress state president said elections are nothing new in democratic system. In a healthy democracy, opposition parties are equally important. In the cabinet of India's f...