In the recently conducted municipal elections, rigged voting, intimidation, and blatant violations of all norms took place. A shocking incident has come to light in the Salekasa Nagar Panchayat of Gondia district, where, after voting had concluded, the seals of 17 EVMs were broken, and voting was conducted again. However, no first information report (FIR) has been registered yet. All these incidents amount to undermining democracy, alleged Harshvardhan Sapkal, president, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.

Speaking to the media at Tilak Bhavan, Sapkal further said that elections to local bodies are being held in the state after 10 years, following the Supreme Court order. But in these elections, the ruling party, the administration, and the Election Commission have made a mockery of t

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