‘…pay attention to EVMs’: Priyanka Chaturvedi says Maharashtra election result raises question if it was free and fair

Maharashtra Election Result 2024: Hours after Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut alleged conspiracy behind Maharashtra assembly election results, party MP Priyanka Chaturvedi too refused to accept the verdict.

Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the results are quite unacceptable and raise questions on the fairness of the election.

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Her remark came after counting trends showed Mahayuti, which comprises the BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), and NCP (Ajit Pawar), leading in 200 seats. Meanwhile, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which comprises Congress, Shiv Sena-UBT, and NCP-SP, led in just 60 seats.

“The results have come as a surprise. The way our lead of 151 seats in Lok Sabha was reduced to this in the Assembly elections, a question arises: how did such a difference come?” asked Priyanka Chaturvedi while speaking to ANI.

She claimed that all the surveys showed a close contest or gave Maha Vikas Aghadi an edge.

“I went to so many places in Maharashtra where people told me that they would vote for us, but we should pay attention to EVMs.”

Stating that it is quite unacceptable mentally for her, Chaturvedi added, "This type of result raises the question of whether this was truly a free and fair election."

Earlier in the day, reacting to trends, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut said, “kuch toh gadbad hai.”

Sanjay Raut also questioned on what basis Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena) was getting 56 seats while Ajit Pawar's camp (NCP) was getting over 40 seats.

Raut claimed that Shinde Sena was predicted to win only 20 seats, adding, “We had a ground report that BJP would get 62 to 70 seats. It was not possible for such an outcome. This is not a verdict of Marathi people, farmers."

Hitting back at Raut, BJP leader Pravin Darekar said that Sanjay Raut needs to “land his aircraft on the ground.”

“Victory cannot be achieved by merely abusing, he needs to understand the ground realities of the state,” said Darekar.