Opposition parties in Maharashtra will hold a grand rally on November 1 to urge the Election Commission to remove around ''one crore bogus voters'' from the electoral rolls, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Sunday.

In a hastily called joint press conference at the Sena Bhavan, also addressed by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Bala Nandgaonkar, NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil and the Congress' Sachin Sawant, Raut referred to MNS president Raj Thackeray's claim that around 96 lakh ''bogus'' voters have been added to the voters list of Maharashtra ahead of the local body polls.

He demanded that the poll body must remove around ''one crore bogus voters'' from the electoral rolls in the state.

He said that ruling party MLAs Manda Mhatre (BJP) and Sanjay Gaikwad (Shiv Sena) hav

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