Mumbai, Jan. 2 -- As Mahayuti candidates secure unopposed wins ahead of the Maharashtra local body polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi alleged that democracy was being undermined either through "threats" of central agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED) or by "bribing" the opposition candidates.

She accused the ruling Mahayuti of "trying to buy out their victories" and questioned the Election Commission of India's (ECI) silence on the matter.

"The unopposed way of ending democracy where they settle with the opposition candidate, either by scaring him with the threats of ED, CBI, or by bribing him. They are trying to buy out their victories, and it is a shame that the Election Commission is staying quiet on this," she told ...