The BJP has accused the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) of selectively targeting Hindu names while objecting to duplicate voters, calling the move “vote jihad.”

Senior BJP leader Ashish Shelar claimed that in several constituencies, MVA candidates won by margins smaller than the number of duplicate Muslim voters. “MVA and MNS are trying to create a narrative that ruling party MLAs won due to Vote Chori. Now, should the BJP say that MVA candidates won because of Vote Chori? Will Thackeray cousins Uddhav and Raj ask for their resignation?” Shelar asked.