NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP-SP) Chief Sharad Pawar slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday for his Independence Day speech on the Crimson Fort, the place the PM emphasised the thought of ‘One Nation One Election’.
Nevertheless, the Election Fee of India didn’t announce the election dates for Maharashtra on Friday, regardless of the Eknath Shinde-led authorities’s tenure being set to finish on November 26.The Maharashtra Legislative Meeting elections, which is able to elect the 288 members of the meeting, are anticipated to happen in November 2024.
Sharad Pawar identified the inconsistency within the Prime Minister’s speech, stating, “In his speech from the Crimson Fort, the Prime Minister put ahead the thought of simultaneous elections in all the nation. Elections for Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana have been introduced, however elections for Jharkhand and Maharashtra weren’t introduced. Therefore, there isn’t any reality in what he (PM Modi) says”.
Shiv Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray additionally criticized the Election Fee on Friday for not saying the dates of the Maharashtra Meeting elections.
The Election Fee introduced three-phase polls in J&Ok and a single-round voting in Haryana for September-October. Nevertheless, they acknowledged that the meeting elections in Maharashtra, which have been beforehand held along with Haryana in 2019, might be introduced later as a result of safety necessities for J&Ok.
The Chief Election Commissioner additionally hinted that Maharashtra elections could be held after Diwali.
“There was heavy rainfall in Maharashtra, and BLOs (sales space stage officers) want to finish their work. A number of festivals should be thought of as effectively. Ganesh Pageant, Pitru Paksha, Navratri, Diwali—factoring all these, we determined to deal with solely two elections at a time,” the CEC mentioned.
Nevertheless, the Election Fee of India didn’t announce the election dates for Maharashtra on Friday, regardless of the Eknath Shinde-led authorities’s tenure being set to finish on November 26.The Maharashtra Legislative Meeting elections, which is able to elect the 288 members of the meeting, are anticipated to happen in November 2024.
Sharad Pawar identified the inconsistency within the Prime Minister’s speech, stating, “In his speech from the Crimson Fort, the Prime Minister put ahead the thought of simultaneous elections in all the nation. Elections for Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana have been introduced, however elections for Jharkhand and Maharashtra weren’t introduced. Therefore, there isn’t any reality in what he (PM Modi) says”.
Shiv Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray additionally criticized the Election Fee on Friday for not saying the dates of the Maharashtra Meeting elections.
The Election Fee introduced three-phase polls in J&Ok and a single-round voting in Haryana for September-October. Nevertheless, they acknowledged that the meeting elections in Maharashtra, which have been beforehand held along with Haryana in 2019, might be introduced later as a result of safety necessities for J&Ok.
The Chief Election Commissioner additionally hinted that Maharashtra elections could be held after Diwali.
“There was heavy rainfall in Maharashtra, and BLOs (sales space stage officers) want to finish their work. A number of festivals should be thought of as effectively. Ganesh Pageant, Pitru Paksha, Navratri, Diwali—factoring all these, we determined to deal with solely two elections at a time,” the CEC mentioned.
