Eleven assembly poll candidates, including NCP 's Baramati nominee Yugendra Pawar, have applied to the district administration for verification of the microcontrollers in the Electronic Voting Machines used in their constituencies during the recent state Assembly elections. Across Pune district, applications have been submitted for the verification of microcontrollers in 137 EVMs, with a total payment of Rs 66.64 lakh. …
After the opposition-led Maha Vikas Aghadi suffered a massive defeat in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly elections, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday addressed a series of queries regarding the poll outcomes, including the alliance's poor performance. "Everyone knows who founded the NCP" Addressing the performance of the Ajit Pawar-led splinter NCP faction, which fared significantly better than his own …