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The Supreme court this week upheld the election of the Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Joshi to the state assembly in 1990 washing the earlier verdict by the Bombay High Court which had declared his election null and void for allegedly seeking votes in the name of religion. L. K. Advani speaks about the Maharashtra elections. He says, "This particular judgment has certainly given us a sense of confidence and given us scope to propound our views in a frank candid manner though I would also simultaneously emphasize that I entirely endorse the Supreme Court's viewpoint that religious bigotry of any kind or castigating another religion is wrong it comes within the mischief of electoral corruption." The apex court while disposing of a batch of election petitions, however, held the Shiv S