Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray is set to make a presentation on alleged irregularities in Mumbai’s voter lists at a gathering of party functionaries on Monday.
Party sources said Aaditya Thackeray will “explode the bogus voting bomb” by highlighting what the party claims are large-scale discrepancies in Mumbai’s electoral rolls. “He will drop a big bombshell regarding the irregularities in the voter lists and explain how these discrepancies could influence elections through a detailed presentation,” a Sena (UBT) functionary said.
The presentation is reported to include data collected by Aaditya Thackeray’s team after an independent review of Mumbai’s voter lists and is modelled on the format used by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Delhi earlier this year.
According to Sena (UBT), the voter lists contain duplicate entries, deleted names, and voters who are not residents of Mumbai. The party alleges that such irregularities could affect the fairness of the upcoming civic elections.
Uddhav Thackeray is expected to address the gathering and guide party functionaries on strategies to ensure the integrity of the electoral process.
Sena (UBT) leaders have also criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that it has failed to take action on repeated complaints about voter list discrepancies.
MP Sanjay Raut said on Friday that “votes are being deleted for as little as Rs 80 each” and claimed that private agencies were being used to manipulate voter rolls. The Election Commission has not responded to these allegations.
Party sources said the focus on voter list irregularities could set the tone for the Sena (UBT)’s campaign in the long-delayed BMC elections, making ‘bogus voting’ a key political issue in the city.
The event also reflects a broader national context, as concerns about voter list discrepancies have been raised by other Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi in Delhi and Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar. In Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray are said to have recently discussed the matter, potentially signalling coordination between different parties on the issue.
