1 week Ago By TOI News Desk
NEW DELHI: As Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti is maintaining its silence over chief minister's name for Maharashtra even days after the result announcement, the opposition questioned, "What's stopping them"? Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday alleged the Mahayuti of depriving the people of Maharashtra of the promises made to them. Amid suspense over 'who will be the chief minister of Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis or Eknath Shinde ?', Chaturvedi questioned why the announcement for the chief minister name has not been made yet and called Mahayuti "power-hungry". "If Devendra Fadnavis' name has been finalised, then announce it quickly; what is stopping you? Why are you depriving the people of Maharashtra of the promises made to them, why are you keeping them away and why are you ignoring the steering crisis of Maharashtra? They are so power-hungry.
It's been days since the election came and yet the results have not been announced." Chaturvedi further expressed concerns regarding potential discrepancies in EVM vote counting. "Whether it is Haryana or Maharashtra, there has been reporting done that there has been a difference between the votes cast and votes counted in 95 seats.
There are about 76 votes. Where it is being said that the number of votes counted is less than the votes cast. The question is whether EVMs are being used as a medium to tamper with the number of votes polled and counted to declare the winner.
This is a matter of widespread discussion. The Election Commission has a habit of denying it rather than discussing it and resolving the issue. This is a matter of suspicion because it is against our Constitution rules.
" she added. Congress PM Pramod Tiwari also raised questions about the opposition's silence in announcing the name of the chief minister post. Taking aim at BJP, Tiwari said that the saffron party "has this habit of breaking families and parties and ruining them wherever they go.
" "The same thing is being done in Maharashtra. They used Shinde to the fullest and now he will not become the CM," Tiwari added. Amid uproar from opposition over Maharashtra CM pick silence, Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday asserted that Devendra Fadnavis should lead the Mahayuti government as "people of Maharashtra want him" to be the next CM.
He further suggested that Eknath Shinde could be the deputy CM or join the PM Modi government..
