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Raj Thackeray Slams CEC Gyanesh Kumar: 'Bengal's 1.6 Million Appeals & Goa's Malfunction' Expose ECI Erosion.
- •Raj Thackeray launched a scathing attack on CEC Gyanesh Kumar, stating media revelations prove the Election Commission's constitutional autonomy has been eroded.
- •He alleged the CEC did not act independently but was 'forced' to make arbitrary decisions favoring the ruling BJP.
- •Thackeray cited serious questions raised by Election Commissioners Sandhu and Joshi, alleging manipulation of voter list software and legal appeals.
- •He highlighted 1.61 million appeals in West Bengal and a technical glitch in Goa as evidence of deliberate centralization and system manipulation.
- •Raj Thackeray demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's immediate resignation, a high-level independent inquiry, the current government's resignation, and the replacement of EVMs with paper ballots in all future elections.
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MNS chief Raj Thackeray demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, a high-level independent inquiry into the ECI's decisions, the resignation of the current government, and the complete replacement of EVMs with traditional paper ballots in all upcoming elections.
Raj Thackeray questioned how crucial decisions like software changes and 1.61 million legal appeals in West Bengal could be issued without full commission approval. He also pointed out a technical glitch in Goa that prevented 97 verified voters from casting their votes.
Raj Thackeray highlighted that Election Commissioners Sandhu and Joshi raised serious questions after being kept in the dark and sidelined, which proved that voter lists were arbitrarily manipulated.
