Maharashtra: Sanjay Raut blames EC after BJP bags 3 of 6 RS seats

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday cleared his stance on the Election Commission’s move on the rejection of vote cast by Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande and alleged that the EC favoured BJP.
“Election Commission made our one vote invalid. We objected to two votes but no action was taken on that. Election Commission favoured them (BJP),” Raut told mediapersons.
While Congress leader Imran Pratapgarhi declared his victory and also confirmed the tally for the remaining candidates.
“I have won as well as Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut and NCP’s Praful Patel. I thank the MLAs. We are sad that the fourth candidate of (Maha Vikas Aghadi) Sanjay Pawar could not win,” said Pratapgarhi The counting of votes came to a small halt after the election authorities recieved complaints and counter complaints in Maharashtra and Haryana.
Poll code violation Earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged a violation of the poll code by three MLAs of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra and urged the Returning Officer to hold their votes invalid.