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News18•04-10-2026, 15:41
Uddhav-Raj Thackeray Lead '1857-Like Revolt' Against EC; Raut Calls CECs 'Enemies of Nation'.
  • •MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray are leading a joint protest march against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
  • •Sanjay Raut described the protest as an '1857-like revolt' against 'dictatorship, election hijacking, and vote theft'.
  • •Raut demanded cancellation of all elections and fresh polls, citing suspicious roles of former CEC Rajiv Kumar and current CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
  • •Raut labeled Gyanesh Kumar and Rajiv Kumar as 'enemies of the country' due to alleged irregularities and rigging in elections.
  • •Sanjay Raut will visit the MPSC students' protest site, who are agitating over paper leaks and recruitment delays.

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Uddhav and Raj Thackeray led a joint protest march in Mumbai against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission to protest against alleged election rigging, vote manipulation, corruption, and the disappearance of millions of voters' names through the SIR process, framing it as a fight to save democracy similar to the revolt of 1857.

Sanjay Raut and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge demanded that all recent elections be canceled due to fraud, corruption, and manipulation, and called for both assembly and Lok Sabha elections to be held again.

Students preparing for the MPSC in Pune staged round-the-clock sit-in protests for three to four days due to paper leaks, administrative irregularities, and uncertainty about their future, prompting Sanjay Raut to visit the protest site to support them.