We saw how Election Commission can be misused: Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the Election Commission is supposed to treat everyone equally but the way the dispute between two rival factions of the Shiv Sena was handled showed how it can be misusedPawar who has been campaigning for Congress and NCP candidates for Kasba and Chinchwad Assembly bypolls in Pune region was addressing a congregation of minority communities in the Kasba Peth areaThe Election Commission of India last week recognized the Eknath Shindeled faction as the real Shiv Sena and allotted it the partys bow and arrow symbolPune is a city that believes in maintaining unity When there are elections be it Congress NCP or Samajwadi Party all these parties take everyone along But we have been seeing for a long time that there is one political outfit that attacks brotherhood in society and it is our duty to fight the election together against such people and ideology he saidAlso readMumbai BEST takes 400 leased buses off roads after three CNG buses catch fire in one monthParties which do not accept the BJPs leadership are subjected to harassment he allegedDifferences and conflicts do take place between political parties But there are some institutions that are supposed to treat everyone the same way Some days ago the election commission gave some decision The EC organizes elections in the country and protects all sections We have now seen an example of how this institution can be misused he saidNever before the poll body had taken away the control of a political party from someone and handed it over to someone else the former Union minister saidBalasaheb Thackeray the founder of the Shiv Sena in his last days gave the reins of the party to Uddhav Thackeray But some people complained to the EC and the EC gave this decision to hand over the partys control to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde he saidIt has happened because those who have power want a favourable situation and these are the kind of decisions we are seeing coming from the Election Commission or other institutions he saidToday organizations and people working under the leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi ji think that the countrys power should be vested in their hands and everything should take place as per their will and it is the minority sections who have to pay the heavy price the NCP chief saidReferring to the MCD elections in Delhi Pawar said the Arvind Kejriwalled Aam Admi Party won the majority but the mayoral election was not allowed to take place for three monthsToday the Supreme Court ordered the government to hold the mayoral election and the BJP had to face defeat in that election he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever