Overview
- Opposition leaders finalized the 'Satyacha Morcha' at the Y B Chavan Centre, setting a 1–4 pm route from Fashion Street to the BMC headquarters covering about 1.5 km.
- MVA parties allege nearly one crore bogus or duplicate entries in Maharashtra’s rolls and say elections should not be held until the lists are corrected.
- The State Election Commission maintains there is no legal provision to use VVPAT in local body elections and says voter-list maintenance is being handled securely.
- Congress leaders reject the SEC’s stance by citing VVPAT testing in a 2017 Nanded Waghala ward, and the MNS will join the rally despite not being part of the MVA.
- The Mumbai BJP announced a three-day door-to-door outreach from October 31 to November 2 to gather public inputs ahead of civic polls.