As long as there are EVMs...: Congress cries foul play amid Mahayuti's lead in Maharashtra

Amid BJP and its allies' historic lead in the Maharashtra election results, the Congress on Friday claimed that the elections cannot be fair as long as the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are into play.

Dr. Udit Raj, a former Member of the Parliament, took to X and said that election trends in Maharashtra are the victory of EVMs.

The latest trends from Maharashtra, as per the Election Commission, show incumbent Mahayuti, which comprises of BJP, Shinde Sena and NCP (Ajit Pawar), has crossed the majority mark of 145 with more than 200 seats, while the Opposition, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has a lead on just 50 seats.


"As long as there are EVMs, elections cannot be fair. The election trends of Maharashtra clearly indicate that this is the victory of EVM," Raj said in a post.


Earlier, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut expressed shock over the early trends and asked, "How can the MVA not win even 75 to 100 seats? Kuch toh gadbai hai, how can Eknath Shinde get 56 seats?"

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"I don't believe this is the impact of Ladki Bahin scheme at all. I am saying this again there is some mischief, and some big things have occurred," he said.

As part of the Mahayuti alliance, BJP has contested on the highest number of seats at 148. Incumbent Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena faction has been fighting on 80 seats while Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's NCP faction contested on 52. Six additional seats, too, have candidates fielded by the alliance.

Meanwhile, the opposing MVA alliance has allocated 102 seats to the Congress, 96 to Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction, and 86 to Sharad Pawar's NCP faction. The Samajwadi Party and smaller MVA allies will each contest two seats.

A total of 9.8 crore voters had the power to decide the fate of 4,136 candidates in fray and today is the day to find out who wins and who loses this battle for power.