Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the State Election Commission’s decision to postpone some of the local body polls was “wrong”.
The decision to postpone some of the elections triggered by someone’s petition in court and sub-judice matters was unfair to other candidates, Fadnavis told reporters in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar before leaving for his poll campaign rally in Paithan.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also termed the SEC’s decision to postpone some of the elections as “unfortunate”,
Elections to various local bodies in the state are scheduled for Tuesday, although some of them have been postponed.
“I don’t know who the Election Commission is consulting. But as far as I know about law, elections cannot be postponed because someone has moved the court,” Fadnavis said.
“If we see in Nilanga (in Latur district), the entire process (for the local body polls) is completed. Someone whose candidature was rejected went to the court. The candidates who filed their nominations got a complete time for the election process. Cancelling the elections at such a moment because someone has gone to the court is completely wrong,” he said.
The Election Commission is an independent institution and has the right to make decisions. But the “postponement of the elections is completely wrong,” the CM said.
He said the decision was unfair to the candidates who had completed the poll formalities.
“Their entire work is wasted and they have to do campaigning for 15 more days. We will give a representation to the Election Commission about this,” Fadnavis said.
