Maha: Raj Thackeray slams Election Commission, demands CEC's resignation, return to paper ballots

Mumbai, Sep 25 (UNI) In a blistering attack on the constitutional integrity of India's electoral machinery, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Friday launched a scathing critique against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, declaring that the Election Commission has been reduced to a puppet regime designed to secure an everlasting lease of power for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Weighing heavily on recent controversies surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls and systemic electoral discrepancies, Thackeray accused the poll panel of orchestrating calculated administrative loopholes. Employing a sharp satirical metaphor, he stated, "Saint Dnyaneshwar…