Overview
- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said draft electoral rolls released on November 20 for 29 municipal corporations contain widespread errors that jeopardize fairness in the polls.
- He cited duplicate and triplicate entries, non-existent names, and dozens of voters tied to single cramped addresses, including instances of shops listed as residences.
- Thackeray accused the State Election Commission of acting to benefit the BJP by shifting voters across wards and even entire constituencies, describing the alleged practice as 'vote chori.'
- He said the voluminous draft is not machine-readable, was released late, and offers only a brief window for objections, as Yuva Sena presented preliminary cases and pledged detailed examples next week.
- He threatened to seek sedition charges and demanded the commissioner’s suspension if manipulation is proven, while the BJP rejected the claims as fear of defeat and no formal EC response was reported.