The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Tuesday renewed its demand to rectify “faulty” electoral rolls after the State Election Commission (SEC) announced the schedule for Maharashtra local body polls 2025. The ruling Mahayuti alliance dismissed the demand, calling it an excuse by the opposition to delay elections amid fears of an impending defeat, news agency PTI reported.

MVA, comprising the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), and Congress, alleged that the Election Commission was proceeding with the elections without addressing serious discrepancies in the voters’ list, including duplication of names. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray went a step further, accusing the poll body of acting as a “puppet of the government”.