Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Uddhav Thackeray Accuses BJP of Low-Level Poll Tactics
Uddhav Thackeray criticized the BJP while speaking to party workers in Maharashtra.
He said the BJP would do anything to gain power.
He also criticized a process called SIR that checks voter lists.
Thackeray claimed many voters were removed from lists in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
He connected the BJP’s Maharashtra assembly victory to changes in the number of voters.
He said 45 lakh voters were added after the 2024 national election.
He also claimed that two crore voters had since been removed.
These claims were made by Thackeray, and the report does not include a response from the BJP.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray accused the BJP of pursuing power by allegedly using questionable election tactics.
Thackeray criticized the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process for allegedly removing voters from electoral rolls.
He claimed significant numbers of voters were deleted in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
Thackeray attributed the BJP’s Maharashtra assembly election victory partly to the addition of 45 lakh voters after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
He said two crore voters had now been removed and that another two crore could potentially be added to the rolls.
- Who
- Uddhav Thackeray, chief of Shiv Sena (UBT), addressing his party’s booth-level agents.
- What
- He accused the BJP of using low-level tactics to win elections and criticized the SIR voter-roll revision process.
- When
- Friday, September 4; the year is not specified in the report.
- Where
- Mumbai, during an address concerning party workers from Beed district, Maharashtra.
- Why
- Thackeray said the BJP would do anything to achieve power and alleged that voter-roll changes affected election outcomes.
- Speaker
- Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief
- Event
- Address to booth-level agents from Beed district
- Main criticism
- The BJP was accused of stooping to a low level to win polls
- Process criticized
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls
- Voter additions cited
- 45 lakh voters were allegedly added after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
- Voter removals claimed
- Thackeray claimed two crore voters had been removed
- States mentioned
- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra