Opposition leaders allege ‘hack’ of EC server, demand halt to Maharashtra civic polls until voter lists rectified

A day after Maharashtra’s Opposition accused the Election Commission of “eroding public trust” through opaque voter list management, a political storm erupted Wednesday over fresh allegations of a server breach at the Election Commission.

Senior Opposition leaders including Jayant Patil (NCP), Raj Thackeray (MNS) and Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena – UBT) launched a fresh offensive, claiming that the integrity of Maharashtra’s electoral rolls has been compromised and calling for an immediate halt to the upcoming civic elections.

“The EC’s server has been hacked. A third-party infiltration into the Commission’s voter list is a serious issue,” Jayant Patil alleged on Wednesday, demanding an investigation into the alleged breach.
Raj Thackeray said the Election Commission’s refusal to make the voter list public “has created a huge mess,” warning that secrecy in electoral data “can destroy the credibility of the entire process.”

Uddhav Thackeray went a step further, declaring, “Imposing dictatorship in the name of democracy will not be allowed. Elections should not happen until the voter list is rectified.”

The fresh remarks come just a day after Opposition leaders—including Sharad Pawar, Raj and Uddhav Thackeray, Jayant Patil, Balasaheb Thorat and others—jointly petitioned the state’s Chief Electoral Officer demanding full transparency in voter list revisions and mandatory use of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in the delayed local body polls.