Many Congress candidates From Vidarbha who lost the election have filed a petition in the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court. They have made many serious allegations against the Election Commission.
Former minister Yashomati Thakur, Prafulla Gudhe Patil, who contested against Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Rajendra Shingane, Subhash Dhote, who lost from Rajura seat, Shekhar Shende, Ballarpur seat’s Santosh Rawat, Girish Pandav and Satish Warjurkar have filed the petition.
Many allegations made in the petition
In the petition filed by the Congress candidates, 25 issues such as non-compliance of rules related to the election process, increase in voting percentage, fake voting, discrepancies in the voter list and EVM tampering have been cited as the reasons. The Congress leaders have demanded the court to cancel the election and conduct re-election. Not only this, Congress leader Yashomati Thakur has accused the Chief Minister’s Office of trying to stop the petition from being filed.