<p>Mumbai: Amid allegations of “poll rigging” by Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a> in Nagpur South West and Kamthi, the Maharashtra Congress took forward the charge and wanted to know how the BJP-led Maha Yuti-NDA alliance, which faced a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, secured a massive win in the Assembly polls just five months later and sought the resignation of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. </p><p>While Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis won the Nagpur South West seat, state BJP President and Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule secured the Kamthi seat.</p>.'Congress won more than two dozen places where voter turnout increased by over 8%': Fadnavis slams Rahul.<p>"Rahul Gandhi has consistently raised the issue of electoral fraud. After the irregularities in BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule's Kamthi constituency were exposed, it has now come to light that in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' Nagpur South West constituency, the voter count has increased by 8 per cent in just five months. With the BJP's vote rigging caught red-handed,” said Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal. </p><p>Fadnavis should take moral responsibility and resign, he said.</p><p>Sapkal said that the voter list in the Chief Minister's constituency saw an 8 per cent rise within just five months, with certain booths witnessing a 20–50 per cent surge. </p><p>“BLOs have reported that unknown individuals cast votes, yet the Election Commission has remained silent. This is clearly a case of vote rigging, which is why the Congress party has demanded the immediate release of a machine-readable digital voter list and the CCTV footage,” he added.</p><p>“The key question remains: how did the BJP alliance, which faced a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, secure a massive win in the Assembly polls just five months later? During this period, the BJP, with the help of the Election Commission, manipulated the voter rolls and increased the vote count. There was an 8 per cent discrepancy between the votes recorded after 5 PM and the final figures announced the next day. The Election Commission has not provided a satisfactory explanation for this anomaly to date. Instead, it introduced rules limiting access to information and even decided to delete all CCTV footage after 45 days. This, too, is part of the effort to cover up the vote-rigging,” Sapkal added.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Amid allegations of “poll rigging” by Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a> in Nagpur South West and Kamthi, the Maharashtra Congress took forward the charge and wanted to know how the BJP-led Maha Yuti-NDA alliance, which faced a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, secured a massive win in the Assembly polls just five months later and sought the resignation of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. </p><p>While Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis won the Nagpur South West seat, state BJP President and Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule secured the Kamthi seat.</p>.'Congress won more than two dozen places where voter turnout increased by over 8%': Fadnavis slams Rahul.<p>"Rahul Gandhi has consistently raised the issue of electoral fraud. After the irregularities in BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule's Kamthi constituency were exposed, it has now come to light that in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' Nagpur South West constituency, the voter count has increased by 8 per cent in just five months. With the BJP's vote rigging caught red-handed,” said Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal. </p><p>Fadnavis should take moral responsibility and resign, he said.</p><p>Sapkal said that the voter list in the Chief Minister's constituency saw an 8 per cent rise within just five months, with certain booths witnessing a 20–50 per cent surge. </p><p>“BLOs have reported that unknown individuals cast votes, yet the Election Commission has remained silent. This is clearly a case of vote rigging, which is why the Congress party has demanded the immediate release of a machine-readable digital voter list and the CCTV footage,” he added.</p><p>“The key question remains: how did the BJP alliance, which faced a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, secure a massive win in the Assembly polls just five months later? During this period, the BJP, with the help of the Election Commission, manipulated the voter rolls and increased the vote count. There was an 8 per cent discrepancy between the votes recorded after 5 PM and the final figures announced the next day. The Election Commission has not provided a satisfactory explanation for this anomaly to date. Instead, it introduced rules limiting access to information and even decided to delete all CCTV footage after 45 days. This, too, is part of the effort to cover up the vote-rigging,” Sapkal added.</p>