Overview
- Election officials said the marker-form indelible ink has been standard in local polls since 2011 and cannot be wiped off once it dries in roughly 10–12 seconds.
- Opposition leaders, including Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray, shared demonstrations and alleged the removable marks could enable duplicate voting.
- The State Election Commission maintained that removing a mark does not allow re‑voting due to booth records and verification, and termed erasing the ink an electoral malpractice.
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation called media reports about ink being wiped off factually incorrect as it rejected claims circulating online.
- State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said viral videos are under examination, one bogus-voting complaint had been acted upon, and counting is scheduled for January 16.