Opposition stages protest on Vidhan Bhawan steps against EVMs
Deccan ChronicleNagpur: Opposition members staged a demonstration on the steps of the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhawan here on Monday and raised slogans against the use of EVMs in elections. Leader of opposition in the state legislative council Ambadas Danve led the demonstration of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders, who called for "saving" the Constitution and democracy and opposed the use of EVMs. They raised slogans like "EVM Hatao Desh Bachao", "EVM Hatao Constitution Bachao" and "EVM Hatao Democracy Bachao". Danve was joined by Congress legislators Vijay Wadettiwar, Nitin Raut, Bhai Jagtap and Vikas Thakre, Shiv Sena leaders Bhaskar Jadhav, Varun Desai and Sachin Ahir, and NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad. Congress leader Bhai Jagtap said that EVM implied "Every vote for Mahayuti".
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