Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday asserted that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has no moral authority to remain in office, following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of “vote theft” in the Rajura assembly constituency of Chandrapur district.

Sapkal claimed that 6,850 votes were manipulated in Rajura and pointed out that even the state police, under the home department led by Fadnavis, had registered an FIR in connection with the matter. He said the incident raises serious questions about the integrity of the electoral process and the role of the state machinery in ensuring free and fair elections, according to the news agency PTI.