Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Maharashtra through "vote theft" with the help of the Election Commission. Sapkal further claimed that those involved in tampering with voter lists would face jail in the future.

Speaking at a state-level strategy meeting organised by the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign of electoral rolls, the Maharashtra Congress chief alleged that attempts were being made to influence the electoral process through voter list revision exercises, as per PTI.