MNS chief Raj Thackeray and his son Amit seem to have differing views on whether the alleged discrepancies surrounding electronic voting machines (EVMs) should be held responsible for the outcome of the recently concluded state Assembly polls. In the last week of January 2025, while addressing party workers at the National Sports Club of India, in Mumbai, Raj Thackeray expressed doubts over EVMs and the Assembly poll results.

An office-bearer told mid-day on the condition of anonymity, “A couple of weeks after Raj saheb made this statement, during a meeting with office-bearers at the MNS’s Dadar office, an office-bearer cited discrepancies in EVMs as a reason for the party’s poor performance during the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Amit saheb refused to accept this, and categorically stated, ‘I don’t believe this. Those talking about discrepancies should provide evidence.”