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Palghar bypoll: Congress lodges complaint with EC, accusing Devendra Fadnavis of violating Model Code of Conduct

Indo Asian News Service • June 5, 2018, 15:09:51 IST
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Congress lodged a formal complaint alleging violations of the Model Code of Conduct by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during the 28 May Palghar bypoll.

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Palghar bypoll: Congress lodges complaint with EC, accusing Devendra Fadnavis of violating Model Code of Conduct

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint alleging violations of the Model Code of Conduct by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during the 28 May Lok Sabha by-elections in Palghar. [caption id=“attachment_3794073” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]File image of Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. PTI File image of Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. PTI[/caption] A three-page plea has been submitted to Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat in the Election Commission (EC) headquaters in New Delhi, said Sachin Sawant, Maharashtra Congress spokesperson. It details various instances whereby Fadnavis allegedly violated the Model Code of Conduct in force during the election, making announcements of various schemes, missing voters names and other discrepancies. The plea has been sent in the name of the defeated Congress candidate in Palghar, Damodar Shingada, ex-Member of Parliament, demanding strong action against Fadnavis and other concerned officials. Shingada pointed out that during the election, the Congress complained to the Returning Officers several times regarding these violations but no action was taken against them by the Election Commission. Shingada highlighted Fadnavis’ announcements promising waiver of khavati loans and disbursal of new khavati loans for tribals, a new medical college in Palghar, excluding 29 villages from the jurisdiction of Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. Then came Fadnavis’ hugely controversial statements exhorting BJP workers to use “Saam Daam, Dand Bhed” to win Palghar elections at any cost, which Shingada described as a threat to ’the people and opposition parties’, the instances of BJP workers caught distributing cash at the behest of local district party chief, and violation of the Rs 70 lakh spending limit by the winning BJP candidate Rajendra Gavit. The plea also pointed out how a large number of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), 282 in Palghar and 250 in Bhandara-Gondiya were down due to technical glitches for hours, the shocking instance of two Election Officers transporting the EVMs post-polling in a private car and names of many voters missing in Palghar. The Congress complaint came six days after the Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray termed the Palghar Lok Sabha bypolls “a farce”. On 31 May, Thackeray had charged that large-scale manipulations were carried out in the EVMs with the knowledge of the Election Commission officials.

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