Maharashtra Meeting Elections: The officers of the Election Fee checked the helicopter of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde after he arrived in Palghar on Wednesday to marketing campaign for the Meeting polls. A video of the incident has been doing the rounds on social media. Within the video, CM Shinde was seen partaking with the election officers as they checked the helicopter and scanned his belongings.
This comes as Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray claimed earlier that he was selectively focused by ballot authorities who checked his luggage within the final two days. Thackeray had claimed his luggage have been inspected by the election authorities after he arrived in Latur and Yavatmal districts within the final two days to marketing campaign for the November 20 state meeting elections.
#WATCH | Maharashtra: CM Eknath Shinde’s luggage have been checked at Palghar Police floor helipad the place he reached for the election marketing campaign.
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The previous Maharashtra CM had additionally requested if the identical regulation can be utilized to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different senior leaders of the ruling alliance throughout their marketing campaign.
In the meantime, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s luggage have been additionally checked by ballot personnel on Wednesday whereas he was onboard a helicopter to journey for the ballot marketing campaign, and the NCP chief mentioned such measures are wanted to make sure free and truthful elections.
In a submit on social media platform X, Pawar mentioned that everybody ought to respect the regulation and assist efforts to uphold the integrity of the nation’s democracy. He additionally posted a video exhibiting his luggage being checked in his Baramati meeting constituency.
Earlier within the day, the Maharashtra BJP additionally posted a video on X exhibiting checking of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ luggage and mentioned merely holding the Structure for “present” isn’t sufficient and one should additionally comply with the constitutional system.
