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Thackeray Cousins Lead Mumbai Protest Against Maharashtra SIR
Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray led a march in Mumbai about changes to voter lists.
The march ended near the city’s municipal headquarters.
The protesters said they believe the voter-list revision has problems.
Raj Thackeray wanted the revision in Maharashtra cancelled and future voting to use paper ballots.
Uddhav Thackeray accused the chief election official of helping the ruling BJP.
Other opposition politicians joined the rally.
The article reports these statements as allegations and demands, not as findings established by the report.
Uddhav and Raj Thackeray led the Virat Garjana Morcha in Mumbai on Sunday, October 4.
Protesters called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign or be removed over alleged irregularities in the voter-roll revision.
Raj Thackeray demanded cancellation of Maharashtra’s Special Intensive Revision and called for future elections to use paper ballots.
Uddhav Thackeray accused Kumar of acting as a BJP “weapon”; these were allegations made at the rally.
Opposition politicians from Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) also participated.
- Who
- Uddhav Thackeray, Raj Thackeray, other opposition politicians and protesters.
- What
- A march and rally demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation or removal and cancellation of Maharashtra’s Special Intensive Revision.
- Where
- From Metro Cinema to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in Mumbai.
- When
- Sunday, October 4 (the year is not specified in the reports).
- Why
- Protesters alleged irregularities in the voter-roll revision and raised concerns about election fairness.
Key facts
- Protest name
- Virat Garjana Morcha (Grand Roar March)
- Route
- Metro Cinema to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters, south Mumbai
- Main demand
- Cancel the Special Intensive Revision of Maharashtra’s electoral rolls
- Election official targeted
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Voting method demand
- Raj Thackeray called for future elections to use paper ballots rather than EVMs
- Other participants
- Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat and Vijay Wadettiwar, and leaders of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), attended
- Disputed deletion figures
- The reports quote Uddhav Thackeray making different claims: one says 13 crore voter names were deleted as part of the SIR; the other says 2 crore in Maharashtra, alongside 30 lakh in West Bengal and 70 lakh in Tamil Nadu. These figures are allegations reported from the rally.
Quotes
Uddhav Thackeray
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former Maharashtra chief minister
“We now have to correct this. We have to re-establish democracy and the Constitution and protect their dignity. All of you will have to rise. You will have to struggle, and once again, all of us will have to work to save democracy.”
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“I only want to tell the ruling party that we don’t have anger about you coming to power, but the anger is about how you got the power and the way you are using it.”
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Sources
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