The INDIA alliance on Tuesday decided to approach the Supreme Court over the scam that took place in the Maharashtra assembly elections to ensure the victory of the BJP-led alliance.
The decision was announced after a meeting between NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar, AAP president Arvind Kejriwal and noted lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi here.
Prashant Sudamrao Jagtap, president of NCP(SP) Pune, said: “At today's meeting (at NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar's residence), we have decided to appear before the Supreme Court as INDIA alliance regarding the scam that took place in the Assembly elections in Maharashtra ensure that the BJP-led alliance wins… All parties within the INDIA alliance in Maharashtra will approach the Court. We have confidence in the Supreme Court and we expect the SC to pass an order in our favor and against the scam.”
Pawar has met leaders of his party who lost the Assembly elections.
The INDIA bloc has claimed that it lost the elections in Maharashtra due to alleged manipulation of EVMs in favor of the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition.
In last month's elections, the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition won 235 seats in the 288-member House, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) won 46.
During the meeting, Kejriwal raised concerns over the electoral rolls in Delhi, where assembly elections will be held early next year.
Mahayuti government wins confidence vote in Maharashtra Assembly
Five days after coming to power, the Mahayuti alliance government in Maharashtra led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis comfortably won a confidence vote in the state Assembly on Monday. The trust motion, moved by Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant and others, was passed by voice vote on the last day of the three-day special meeting. Some opposition members were absent when the trust motion was passed in the meeting. Among them were Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray.
On December 4, when Governor CP Radhakrishnan Fadnavis handed over the letter inviting him to form the government, he had stipulated in the document that the BJP leader should clear the confidence motion in the House of Representatives within 21 days, sources said. Speaker Rahul Narwekar, who was elected unopposed for a second consecutive term earlier in the day, announced that the trust motion has been approved by the newly constituted House. The BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP 'Mahayuti' coalition has an impressive majority of 230 seats in the 288-member assembly, where the majority stands at 145. “The vote of confidence was passed by a majority,” Narwekar said.