EC uneasy as Gandhi, Pawar, SC lawyer eye Maha ballot villages chanting EVM 'Rig Veda'
The Statesman|December 07, 2024
Top INDIA opposition bloc leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and others plan to meet EVM-sceptic villagers of Markadwadi village in Malshiras taluka of Maharashtra, who were prevented by the police from holding a mock repoll using ballot papers and ballot box, sources said here on Friday.
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It is learnt that Congress leaders have discussed the issue with Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MLA Uttamrao S Jankar to plan the dates for the visit, even as at least two more EVM-sceptic villages in Akola district called Tuljapur and Beltala, plan to hold similar mock repolls using ballot papers on 15 December.

According to sources, a long march will be taken out against EVMs from Markadwadi in Solapur district in which NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are expected to participate.

A few days ago, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) staged a protest in Solapur by smashing EVM machines.

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