After defeat, Uddhav Thackeray's demands fresh polls through paper ballots
Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena in a bizarre demand has asked to stay the assembly results and hold fresh elections through paper ballots.
“ We have made 450 complaints against the EVM machines in these elections, the elections were conducted as per procedure. We are saying that stall these results and do the elections from paper ballots and we would win the elections. We were leading in the morning in the paper ballots in these elections early but then when the counting in the EVM happened things changed.”said Sanjay Raut Rajya Sabha MP and party spokesperson of the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena.
Raut claimed that they want elections to be held through paper ballots. “We are not saying this because we lost, we have been saying against EVM for the last ten years. Now they (BJP) claim that they won in Jharkhand and lost in Maharashtra but we would like to tell them to do one thing: take Jharkhand and let us win in Maharashtra. Do something in the EVM machine and let us win in Maharashtra.”said Raut sarcastically.
Raut claimed that the BJP has been winning the elections by letting the opposition win a smaller state and then winning a bigger state. “ In the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls they would have an election in UP and some other smaller state and let the opposition win in the smaller state and they themselves will win in UP.”claimed the UBT MP.
Referring to NCP-SP leader Sharad Pawar’s claim on Monday that the BJP was winning in the bigger states. “ What revolutionary work have these (ruling party) MLAs done
