'Surgical strike': Aaditya hints at Rahul-style presser on Maha voter fraud

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) person Aaditya Thackeray connected Thursday hinted astatine a large exposure regarding alleged irregularities successful the 2024 Maharashtra assembly predetermination electoral rolls. Thackeray likened the upcoming revelations to the Indian Army’s 2016 surgical strikes successful Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, suggesting the exposure would beryllium arsenic explosive. However, helium refused to uncover the timing of the disclosure. “Let maine not leak it. We cannot fto retired the timings of the surgical strike. Our enactment has recovered galore chinks successful the armour and it volition bring them retired precise soon,” helium said astatine the India Today Conclave successful Mumbai, quality bureau PTI reported.“Just earlier the assembly polls, the enactment had written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) astir the abrupt spike successful the fig of voters, missing names of voters, and mismanagement astatine the booth.

We volition person a property league with the information we are moving connected close now. We are putting it together,” helium added.When asked if helium would clasp property conferences akin to those conducted by Congress MP and Shiv Sena (UBT) state Rahul Gandhi, the Worli MLA replied successful the affirmative. Gandhi has addressed 2 property conferences—on August 7 and September 18—labelling the archetypal 1 an “atom bomb” and teasing a aboriginal “hydrogen bomb,” alleging “vote chori” (vote theft) by the ECI to payment the ruling BJP.

Both focused connected assembly seats successful Congress-ruled Karnataka.The ECI dismissed Gandhi’s allegations arsenic “incorrect and baseless,” asking him to motion a sworn affidavit. He has refused, stating helium has already taken an oath connected the Constitution of India. The Maharashtra assembly polls, held successful November 2024, saw the BJP-led Mahayuti expanse the authorities to clasp power, portion the absorption Maha Vikas Aghadi, comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena, and NCP, was routed. The effect was the other of the Lok Sabha elections held conscionable months earlier, fuelling absorption suspicions.