'Khoda pahad aur nikla chooha bhi nahi': Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis says Aaditya Thackeray copying Rahul Gandhi's 'pappugiri'

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today mocked Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray saying he is trying to copy Rahul Gandhi's style.

"I know Aaditya Thackeray a little, so I had not expected him to indulge in 'pappugiri'. He too followed Rahul Gandhi's style, put up large screens and paced back and forth. What he said was 'khoda pahad aur nikla chooha bhi nahi'. It was a replica of Rahul Gandhi's performance. I believe that this is a cover firing by him. He knows that people are not with him and that he cannot win elections. He is doing this to show a video to people after losing," Fadnavis said.

"They know defeat is imminent and people are not with them. Their conduct is a mockery of democracy,'' the CM told reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting.





Earlier on Monday, Thackeray alleged discrepancies in the voters' list in his Worli assembly constituency in Mumbai, including a mismatch in names, photographs, addresses and even the gender.

"This is not an error but fraud," the Sena (UBT) MLA alleged while addressing his party workers.

Thackeray alleged that the Worli assembly segment had 2,52,970 voters during the Lok Sabha polls held in May 2024.

The number rose to 2,63,352 in the Vidhan Sabha polls in November, which saw an increase by 16,043 votes, while 5,661 were deleted, he added.

Thackeray said two party colleagues who studied the rolls found out various issues.

He cited an example of one Narhari Kulkarni whose name was deleted during the Lok Sabha polls because the person died but the same person's name figured during the assembly polls with a different EPIC (Electoral Photo Identity Card) number.

"So a new registration was done. Now this person is not in the voters list. This was done on purpose," Thackeray said.

He claimed there are 502 voters whose father/relative's name and the voter's name is the same.

"There are 720 voters with their father's name and surname. Gender mismatch was found in 643 voters, while there are 28 such voters who do not have EPIC numbers," he said adding there are no photographs in the voters list, while in some cases, language other than English and Marathi has been used in the voters list.

Thackeray said 214 households in Worli have 3,355 voters.

He further said 1,200 names were deleted after the Vidhan Sabha polls in Worli without any intimation to voters.

The war of war has started ahead of the local body polls in the state which are to be completed by January 2026.

Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, has levelled "vote chori" (vote theft) allegations against the BJP and the Election Commission, a charge denied by both the ruling party and the poll body.