Overview

• Addressing party workers in Mumbai, the MNS chief claimed roughly 96 lakh false entries statewide, citing about 8 lakh each in Mumbai and Thane and similar tallies in Pune and Nashik.
• He demanded that local body elections not proceed until voter lists are sanitised and directed MNS workers to conduct door-to-door verification across the state.
• Opposition leaders recently met the State Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer, after which the CEO conveyed their call for a Special Summary Revision to the Election Commission of India.
• Thackeray accused the poll body of presiding over “fixed” outcomes and played older videos of Narendra Modi and ruling MLAs to allege hypocrisy on voter-roll integrity.
• The State Election Commission said corrections are being handled securely, and local body polls, including the BMC election, are due by January 31, 2026 under a Supreme Court deadline.