Fix voters' list or oppn may not allow civic polls, Uddhav tells EC

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray and son and MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Monday launched a two-pronged attack over anomalies in voters' list . Uddhav said if EC fails to rectify errors in voters' lists, opposition will have to jointly decide if they will allow local body polls to be held or not. He said when his party comes to office in Centre, he will file a case against EC and its officers.

He said two traders have their eyes on Mumbai, referring to PM Modi and Union minister Amit Shah without naming them. "I read two news stories in Saamna. On first page was inauguration of BJP office and on second page was a news story, in which it said an anaconda will soon come to Jijamata Park... Anaconda... came here and performed Bhoomi Pujan (of BJP office). It wants to swallow Mumbai," Uddhav said, urging party workers to verify voters' list and said if they find any bogus voters attempting to vote on polling day, they should not hold back and beat them up.

Sena UBT's sitting MLA from Worli Aaditya Thackeray, too, cited irregularities such as voter name and father's name being the same, gender mismatch, duplicate voters and same persons with different EPIC numbers.