Pawar was on method to attend a ballot rally in Solapur.
Pune:
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s baggage have been checked by the ballot personnel at Baramati helipad in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Sunday morning, in keeping with his affiliate.
Pawar was on method to attend a ballot rally in Solapur, the affiliate mentioned.
The mannequin of code of conduct is enforced within the state for the meeting elections scheduled on November 20.
“Whereas Pawar saheb was on his method to Karmala ballot rally in Solapur, his baggage have been checked on the Baramati helipad. After the due checking, he boarded the chopper and proceeded for the rally,” the affiliate mentioned.
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On Saturday, ballot authorities checked the bag of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in Maharashtra’s Amravati district the place he arrived for a ballot rally.
Later, former state minister and Congress’ Teosa MLA Yashomati Thakur questioned the motion of the ballot authorities and requested why they weren’t checking baggage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union House Minister Amit Shah or Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The problem of ballot officers checking politicians’ baggage entered electoral discourse after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray not too long ago filmed his baggage being inspected and shared the video of it.
He additionally sought to know if the election officers had checked the luggage of the chief minister, the state’s two deputy CMs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union House Minister Amit Shah.
Over the previous few days, movies surfaced displaying baggage of Shah, CM Shinde, his deputies Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar being checked by ballot authorities.
Shah had in a publish on X mentioned the BJP believes in free and honest elections and follows all laid-down guidelines and protocols.
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