The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) saved up its assault on digital voting machines on Sunday, with its MP and the editor of get together mouthpiece “Saamna” saying EVMs had been a curse to India’s democracy and answerable for the get together’s poor efficiency within the meeting polls held on November 20.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut addresses a press convention amid the counting of votes for the Maharashtra Meeting elections, in Mumbai, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (File)(PTI)
Writing in his Sunday column Rokhthok, beneath the headline ‘Shantata, EVM Garbhar Aahe’ (Silence, the EVM is pregnant), Sanjay Raut cited examples of a number of international locations which have banned EVMs and returned to poll paper voting and mentioned the homicide of democracy in India would proceed until poll paper voting was introduced again.
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“America, England do not use EVMs for their elections. In 2006, Netherlands banned the use of EVMs. In 2009, the apex court of Germany declared election by EVMs bogus and banned them. In 2016, Japan shifted to ballot paper saying EVMs are not transparent. American industrialist Elon Musk has repeatedly said that EVM is a big scam and the results can be changed by hacking it. Looking at the way results of the Maharashtra assembly election were managed, no one would believe the election system in the country now,” Raut said in his article, castigating the Supreme Courtroom for advocating EVMs.
Chatting with reporters on Sunday, Raut additionally slammed the previous chief justice of India Dhananjay Chandrachud. “Chandrachud gave protection to the unconstitutional government in Maharashtra. He has set the country on fire by committing extra-constitutional acts,” mentioned the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief.
Raut additionally took a dig at Shiv Sena chief and caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde over his reported sickness, saying, “Shinde needs an occultist instead of a doctor.”
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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray too slammed Shinde and the Mahayuti alliance, which received the meeting polls, over the delay in authorities formation. “Not being able to decide on a chief minister and form the government for more than a week after the results is not just an insult to Maharashtra, but also to the assistance provided by their dearest Election Commission. It seems that rules only apply to the opposition parties,” he mentioned.