Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led central government and questioned the point of holding elections to local civic bodies in Maharashtra without the use of electronic voting machines which have voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) facility. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP has demanded that elections be held using traditional ballot papers if VVPAT machines are not available.
"We know about the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in Bihar. Is an undeclared CAA-NRC being implemented in the country? The Election Commission is making voters prove their identity despite being on the voters list. In Maharashtra, the Election Commission said that VVPAT will not be used during lo...