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== gpt-5-thinking ==
=== User: Nana pataole was speaker of maharashtra vidhansabha. ===
Nana pataole was speaker of maharashtra vidhansabha. He was trying to bring a bill related to ballot paper. Can you give me details of that bill ?

=== Assistant: Short answer: there wasn’t actually a “bill” tabled. ===
Short answer: there wasn’t actually a “bill” tabled. As Speaker (Jan 2020–Feb 4, 2021), Nana Patole directed the Law & Judiciary Dept. on Feb 3, 2021 to draft a law that would let voters choose either ballot paper or EVM in Maharashtra Assembly and local-body elections—citing the state legislature’s power under Article 328. He resigned as Speaker the very next day, and there’s no record that a draft bill was introduced or moved in the House after that. The Times of India<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/speaker-check-evm-ballot-paper-option/articleshow/80657793.cms|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>India Today<ref>{{cite web|title=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-speaker-nana-patole-law-for-using-ballot-paper-evms-in-elections-1765558-2021-02-03|publisher=India Today|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>Hindustan Times<ref>{{cite web|title=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/law-on-ballot-paper-speaker-tells-maharashtra-to-mull-possibility-101612291786625.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>The Indian Express<ref>{{cite web|title=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/in-line-to-be-cong-state-chief-nana-patole-steps-down-as-assembly-speaker-7175158/|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>

===== What Patole asked for (Feb 3, 2021) =====
* Prepare a draft law giving voters an option: vote by EVM or paper ballot in state and local polls. The Times of India<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/speaker-check-evm-ballot-paper-option/articleshow/80657793.cms|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>
* He argued the state can legislate on the conduct of its elections under Article 328. India Today<ref>{{cite web|title=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-speaker-nana-patole-law-for-using-ballot-paper-evms-in-elections-1765558-2021-02-03|publisher=India Today|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>TheQuint<ref>{{cite web|title=TheQuint|url=https://www.thequint.com/opinion/how-constitutional-is-maharashtras-ballot-paper-proposal|publisher=thequint.com|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>
* The push followed an application from Nagpur resident Pradeep Uke seeking a paper-ballot option. The Times of India<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/speaker-check-evm-ballot-paper-option/articleshow/80657793.cms|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>

===== What happened next =====
* Feb 4, 2021: Patole resigned as Speaker (and later became MPCC chief). With that, the initiative did not progress to an introduced bill in the Assembly. India Today<ref>{{cite web|title=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-assembly-speaker-nana-patole-resigns-from-post-likely-to-be-new-state-congress-chief-1765995-2021-02-04|publisher=India Today|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>The Indian Express<ref>{{cite web|title=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/in-line-to-be-cong-state-chief-nana-patole-steps-down-as-assembly-speaker-7175158/|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>

If you want, I can pull any subsequent references (2021–2025) to see whether the idea resurfaced in committee notes or government files, but as of the sources above, it remained at the “directed to draft” stage rather than a formal bill. TheQuint<ref>{{cite web|title=TheQuint|url=https://www.thequint.com/opinion/how-constitutional-is-maharashtras-ballot-paper-proposal|publisher=thequint.com|access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>

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