NCP-SP Chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday reacted to the delay in choosing the Chief Minister of Maharashtra even a week after the results of assembly elections were announced. He also alleged that there are discrepancies in votes of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMS) in Maharashtra Assembly elections but they do not have any proof in this regard.
"This has happened for the first time, the elections held in the country have made people very restless, there is disappointment among the people...Every day at 11:00 am, the opposition leaders raise questions in the Parliament. They put forward their point but their demands are not being accepted in the Parliament and this clearly means that Parliamentary democracy is not being followed properly. If it continues like this, then it is not right and for this, we will have to go among the people and make them aware," Sharad Pawar told reporters on Pune.
"There is some difference in the votes of EVMs but at the moment I do not have any proof in this regard. Some people have demanded recounting. Whatever is possible in this matter will be done. Some people have applied for recounting. Let's see what happens in that but I do not have much hope from this," he added.
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Pawar also targeted the Mahayuti for the delay in government formation. He said that it is very interesting that despite getting such a huge majority, these people have not been able to form the government yet. This is clearly an insult to the mandate, because it shows that the mandate does not matter for the Mahayuti.
Pawar made the remark while meeting senior activist Dr Baba Adhav, who is leading a protest against the alleged "EVM misuse" in the recently held state elections in Maharashtra. Adhav, 90, began his three-day protest on Thursday at Phule Wada, the residence of social reformer Jyotiba Phule in the city.
Baba Adhav's agitation represents this restlessness, he said.
He said, "There is a murmur among the people that the recent polls in Maharashtra saw 'misuse of power' and 'floods of money', which was never seen in the past. Such things are heard of in local-level polls, but taking over the entire election mechanism with the help of money and misuse of power was not seen before. However, we witnessed it in Maharashtra, and people are restless now."