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Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) Chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech at the Red Fort during Independence Day. PM Modi, during his speech, had harped on the proposed \u2018One Nation One Election\u2019, however, on Friday the Election Commission of India did not declare the election dates for Maharashtra. The tenure of Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra Government is scheduled to end on 26 November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections are speculated to be held in Maharashtra in 2024 to elect the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sharad Pawar on Saturday flagged, \u201cIn his speech from the Red Fort, the Prime Minister put forward the idea of \u200b\u200bsimultaneous elections in the entire country. Elections for Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana were announced, but elections for Jharkhand and Maharashtra were not announced\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nagpur, Maharashtra: NCP-SCP Chief Sharad Pawar says, “In his speech from the Red Fort, the Prime Minister put forward the idea of \u200b\u200bsimultaneous elections in the entire country. Elections for Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana were announced, but elections for Jharkhand and Maharashtra\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/TIcBMJlRw4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Prime Minister is talking about simultaneous elections, in such a situation, not announcing elections for Maharashtra is a contradictory thing.\u201d the veteran politician added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Friday, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray also criticised the Election Commission for not declaring dates of Assembly elections in Maharashtra. Thackeray said despite the talk of “one nation, one election”, the ECI cited “constraint on security forces” as one of the reasons for not holding polls in Maharashtra simultaneously with J&K and Haryana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For all that talk of \u201cone nation, one election”, the Entirely Compromised Commission (aka Election commission) states \u201cconstraint on security forces” as a reason to not hold elections in Maharashtra, with simultaneous elections in J&K. <\/p>\n

What then has changed under the \u201cstrong\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) August 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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Notably, the opposition INDIA bloc parties swept the Lok Sabha Elections 20204 in Maharashtra, with Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) bagging the most seats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (SP) had on Friday criticised the ECI for not declaring the poll schedule for Maharashtra along with that of Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) national spokesperson Clyde Crasto argued the BJP-led Mahayuti, the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, is biding time with the help of the poll panel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MVA had said it seems the ruling Mahayuti wants more time to “fool” the people of the western state with their fake promises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Why EC wont hold Maharashtra polls with J&K, Haryana?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Election Commission did not announce the dates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 on Friday. The poll body announced full schedule for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When asked why election dates for Maharashtra were not announced CEC Rajiv Kumar said, \u201cRains in Maharashtra and there are several festivals as well \u2013 Ganesh festival, pitra paksh, Navratri, Diwali…All that put together we thought to do two elections this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe could handle two elections at a time\u2026and in any case, it is [elections can be held] within six months of the term of the assembly which is ending,\u201d Kumar said at a press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kumar added, \u201cDepending on the requirement of forces…which is in higher tone in J&K, we have decided to conduct two elections together. We can’t announce other elections when J&K elections are happening.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n