Activist ends fast after Uddhav Thackeray assures bigger stir for fair polls – Times of India
PUNE: Social activist Baba Adhav on Saturday withdrew his hunger strike to safeguard constitutional principles after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray promised to scale up agitation for a fair election procedure. Earlier, Adhav had raised doubts over the fairness of assembly poll results and criticised govt for excessive use of money power in the presence of NCP chief Ajit Pawar.Pawar, who also visited Mahatma Phule Wada to request Adhav to call off his hunger strike, defended the use of EVMs and criticised the opposition for raising doubts over the election outcome. "Before the assembly poll, the Lok Sabha election was held, in which MVA won 31 seats, while our alliance managed to secure only 17 seats. At that time, we did not raise any doubt against EVMs and accepted the mandate. No...