Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal. File. , Photo credit: PTI
Amid irregularities in the draft voter list, the Congress on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) demanded that the Maharashtra Election Commission (SEC) extend the deadline for submission of objections and suggestions by 15 days.
In a letter to the SEC, signed by State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal, leaders Vijay Wadettiwar and Satej Patil, the party said the draft voter list was released on November 20. The SEC has also given a deadline of November 27 to submit objections and proposals.
“Many voters are not in the draft list of the constituencies in which they live, and the situation is different in all the municipal corporations of the state. This is a large number,” the paper said.
“Even the process of receiving objections to electoral rolls is very complicated and anyone who has a problem with the electoral roll has to file a complaint,” it said.
The letter further said that the party needs time to scan the draft voter list in all the municipal corporations in the state which are likely to go to polls early next year.
“It is necessary to take note of the objections raised by people and political parties. The deadline for submitting objections and initiatives should therefore be extended by 15 days,” the paper added.
Incidentally, the letter does not contain any signatures of any other leader from the Congress or the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, who form the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray and NCP (SP) Sharad Pawar.
On Monday (November 24, 2025), leaders of Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, led by former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray, met SEC Commissioner Deepak Waghmar with a similar request, but demanded that the time for raising suggestions and objections be extended by 21 days.
Published – 25 Nov 2025 15:40 IST
