As per report Kolewadi gram sabha in Maharashtra’s Satara district has resolved to conduct future elections on ballot papers, becoming the second village in the state to pass a resolution against EVMs. The village comes under the Karad (South) assembly constituency, earlier represented by senior congress leader and former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan. He lost the electoral contest in november against bjp candidate Atul Bhosale by 39,355 votes.
Perhaps the resolution was passed after residents of Kolewadi expressed doubts over the votes cast through Electronic Voting Machines. This resolution was passed days after a section of villagers from Markadwadi in Solapur’s Malshiras constituency tried to conduct mock "re-polling" using ballot papers expressing doubt on the credibility of EVMs. Their bid was thwarted by the administration and police, leading to the registration of cases. Shankarrao Patil, husband of the village sarpanch Ratnamala Patil, said on tuesday "The resolution was passed on december 2 in the gram sabha meeting respecting the sentiments of villagers who demanded that upcoming elections be held on ballot papers and not on EVMs".
Moreover Satara district collector Jitendra Dudi said his office had not received a copy of the purported resolution from the gram panchayat. He said "Since we have not received the copy, it would not be appropriate for me to comment. Once we receive the copy, we will take the required measures”.
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