New Delhi: Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi members on Saturday (December 7) refused to take oath as MLAs while alleging misuse of EVMs in the recently held Maharashtra assembly elections.
On the first day of the special three-day assembly session, members of the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) refused to take oath, reported the Press Trust of India.
On the other hand, members of the ruling Mahayuti including Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as members of the assembly.
“The MVA has decided not to take oath as members of the House today. When a government comes to power with such a thumping majority, there are celebrations. A question arises whether the mandate it received was given by the people or the EVM and Election Commission of India,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray.
He added that the opposition MLAs were not taking oath after taking into cognisance the “doubts in the minds of people.”
