Mumbai : In a rare show of unity, leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) — comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) — joined hands with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for the ‘Satyacha Morcha’ (March for Truth) held in Mumbai on Friday to protest against alleged irregularities in Maharashtra’s voter lists.
Addressing the rally, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray made a shocking revelation that a fake voter verification application was filed in his name using a forged mobile number through an app called Saksham. He alleged that this was a “deliberate attempt” to remove his and his family’s names from the voter list.
Uddhav emphasized unity, stating, “Both Raj and I have come together — for the Marathi people, for Hindus, and for Maharashtra.” He also warned against voter fraud, saying, “We don’t want to take the law into our hands, but we will go to court with all the evidence regarding vote theft.”
Raj Thackeray backed these claims, presenting voter data showing large-scale duplication across constituencies. He alleged that over 17 lakh voters in Mumbai North included more than 62,000 repeat names, while similar irregularities were found in other regions — Mumbai North West, North East, and North Central. He questioned the Election Commission’s readiness to hold polls in January, asking, “Who is in a hurry? Elections haven’t been held for five years — what difference does one more year make if the lists aren’t clean?”
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar urged citizens to unite in defending democracy. “Power is being misused continuously. We must forget political differences and stand together to preserve our constitutional rights,” he said.
The march, which began from Fashion Street in Churchgate, concluded at the BMC headquarters, with senior leaders including Balasaheb Thorat and Aaditya Thackeray also in attendance.
Earlier, Aaditya Thackeray had flagged over 19,000 voter anomalies in Worli alone, while Raj Thackeray had claimed that Maharashtra’s voter list included 9.6 million fake voters, with up to 10 lakh fake entries in Mumbai itself.
The massive rally underscored growing political pressure on the Election Commission to address the alleged voter list manipulation before the upcoming civic and assembly elections in Maharashtra.
