Overview
- State Congress chief Harshawardhan Sapkal alleged that officials in Salekasa reopened 17 EVMs after polling and permitted fresh voting without an FIR, and he urged Election Commission intervention.
- Sapkal said the state failed to seek central disaster compensation after heavy rains, a gap confirmed by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the Lok Sabha, as questions linger over the announced Rs 33,000 crore relief package.
- Congress announced a December 14 rally in New Delhi to protest alleged vote manipulation and demand electoral safeguards.
- On the Pune Mundhwa land-sale case, Sapkal called the arrest of Sheetal Tejwani scapegoating and questioned the absence of action against Parth Pawar, son of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
- He also condemned the Nashik civic body’s plan to fell more than 1,700 trees in Tapovan for Kumbh preparations, citing ecological harm and the site’s religious significance.