Multi-member ward system a ploy to rig polls: Raj Thackeray
The Hindu
No corporator allows the other to work properly and all try to outdo one another, says Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief
Lashing out at both the Uddhav Thackeray-led tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and the erstwhile BJP government, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said the frequent changing of the ward structure was nothing but a ploy on part of the ruling powers to rig civic body and municipal council polls.
Speaking in Nashik on Thursday, the MNS chief hit out at the MVA government’s re-introduction of the for all municipal councils and corporations [barring the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)].
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