There is an uproar in Maharashtra over allegations of tampering with EVMs and increase in voting percentage after 5 pm. CPIM Rajya Sabha member John Brittas wrote a letter to the Election Commission regarding tampering in voting percentage in Maharashtra. Earlier, Congress had also raised questions regarding this and had approached the Election Commission. Brittas’ whereabouts have surfaced after two days. In the letter, Brittas has made allegations of tampering in the voting figures.
Brittas said that the data shows that 58.22 percent voting was recorded in Maharashtra at 5 pm and after including the voters standing in the queue at 5 pm, this figure increased to 65.02 percent by 11:30 pm. Hours before the counting began, the voting percentage was reported to be 66.05, which represents an increase of 7.83 per cent and is equivalent to approximately 76 lakh additional votes.
Britas demands urgent clarification from ECI
He further said that Jharkhand election data shows that there has been a very small increase of 1.79 and 0.86 percent in the two phases. Brittas said that in states like Maharashtra and Haryana, where there was a post-poll increase in the figures, the NDA won, while in Jharkhand Assembly elections and Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha elections, where there was no such increase, the opposition performed well. Britas has demanded urgent clarification from the Election Commission in this entire matter. However, the Election Commission had said on Saturday that there was transparency in all the election processes adopted in Maharashtra.
Claim of tampering with EVM frequency in Maharashtra
Earlier, a person named Syed Shuja had claimed that the frequency of EVMs in Maharashtra was tampered and hacked. The Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra has filed a complaint against Shuja. He said that the claim made by Syed Shuja is false and baseless. Actually, some people had shared a video on social media, in which Shuja had claimed that Maharashtra can hack the EVM by tampering with its frequency in the assembly elections, after which the Election Commission took this action. The Commission has said that EVM is a machine which cannot be connected to any network including Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. There cannot be any tampering with it.
Historic victory of Mahayuti in Maharashtra
In Maharashtra, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance achieved a historic victory while the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered a major setback. The country’s oldest party made its worst performance in the state assembly elections. It won only 16 seats. Sharad Pawar’s NCP won only 10 seats, while Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena won 20 seats. Mahayuti won 230 seats. BJP emerged as the largest party. BJP won 132 seats. Shinde’s Shiv Sena got 57 seats and Ajit Pawar’s NCP got 41 seats.