The last leg of Maharashtra campaigning has ended with violent attacks o𝐆n politicians or their ki𓂃n.
The Congres𝓀s And Bharatiya Janata Party continue bitter attacks on each♑ other as assembly elections in Jharkhand Maharashtra are set to take place on November 20 and the campaigning ended on Monday evening.
The last leg of Maharashtra campaigning has ended with violent attacks o𝐆n politicians or their ki𓂃n.
Former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was attacked on Monday while he was returning from a rally in Nagpur. The NCP (Sharad Pawar) leader was rushed to h⛎ospital after some🧸 unidentified people threw stones at his car near Belphata on Jalalkheda Road near Katol in Nagpur district.
Around the same time BJP MLA Pratap Adsad's sisꦛter was attacked with a knife by two persons in Mahara☂shtra's Amravati district.
A𒈔dsad, is seeking reelection from Dhamangaon Railway constituency. According to PTI Amravati Rural Superintendent of Police Vishal Anand said Adsad's sister Archana Rothe was attacked as she had stopped her car at Satefal Fata. She received three wounds on her left arm, the police officer said, adding that a police team reached the spot.
Police is investigating both the cases.
Meanwhile Congress And Bharati💃ya Janata Paꦍrty continued verbal attacks on each other ahead of assembly elections in Jharkhand, Maharashtra are on November 20 and the campaigning for both ended on Monday evening. Rahul Gandhi on Monday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Ek hai toh safe hai' poll slogan and brought a metal Safe at an event to give his version of the catchphrase, BJP hit back with spokesman Sambit Patra calling the Congress leader “Chhota popat”. The second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly polls will cover 38 of the 81 seats, with the ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc and the BJP-led NDA battling for dominance. The first phase took place on November 13. Similarly, in Maharashtra, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance seeks to retain power, while the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) aims for a strong comeback. Voting for all 288 seats in Maharashtra will take place tomorrow and the results will be announced on November 23.
Senior BJP Leader Accused Of Distributing Cash To Voters
Senior BJP leader Vinod T🃏awde has been accused of d🅺istributing money to voters in the Palghar constituency by Bahujan Vikas Aghadi leader Hitendra Thakur on Tuesday, reported PTI.
A purported video (not verified by us) of ⭕a face-off between Tawde and BVA leaders have surfaced on social media.
However,✨ the BJP has denied the allegations and called it a publicity stunt by the Ma💙ha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Shiv Sena Sanjay Raut in a post on X wrote, "The BJP's scheme has come to an end. Thakur has done what the Election Commission should have done. EC officials search our bags and scrutinise us, yet these individuals from 𒅌the BJP fac✨e no such checks."
Anil Deshmukh Attacked, 'Attempt To Murder' Case Registered
NCP (SP) leader and former Maharashtra home minister An𝓰il Deshmukh was seriously injured in stone pelting at his car in Nagpur around 8 pm on Monday and he was later admitted to a private hospital in M🎀umbai.
Deshmukh was returning to Katol after attending a meeting in Narkhed villageও. Some unidentified persons threw stones at his car near Belphata🉐 on Jalalkheda Road near Katol in Nagpur district.
The NCP (SP) has demanded 🌸a high-level probe into the incid🧸ent which occurred on the last day of campaigning for the Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled on November 20.
🐽Police have registered a case against four unidentified persons on charge🔥s of attempt to murder.
Maharashtra: Mumbai Police Commissioner Asks People to Vote
Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar has appealed to people in the metropolis to keep aside their 💦leave plans and vote in the Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled on Wednesday.
"I humbly request all Mumbaikars to 🌄exercise their voting right with responsibility and in a peaceful manner," Phansalkar said in a video message on Tuesday.
Earlier, in a post on💦 X,ܫ he appealed to the people to vote to ensure their future is in "genuine and responsible hands".
"Just keep your lon🐭g leave plans aside and make sure you will not miss the opportunity of pressing the button quietly thereby discharging your responsibility," he said.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation chief Bhushan Gagrani informed that there are 1,02,29,708 voters in Mumbai for the assembly polls, comprising 25,43,610 in the island city and 76,86,098 in 🌊the suburban district. There are 54,67,361 men , 47,61,265 women and 1,082 are transgender persons.
Rahul Gandhi on Monday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Ek hai toh safe hai' poll slogan and brought a metal Safe at an event to give his version of the catchphrase, which led to a BJP leader to call the Congress leader a “Chhota popat”.
Gan𒉰dhi brought the metal Safe to his news conferen✃ce in Mumbai, claiming a link between the slogan and the Dharavi redevelopment project being given to the Adani Group.
He then pulled out two posters from the Safe, one featuring a pictur𝓡e of industrialist Gautam Adani and PM Modi with the caption "Ek hai toh Safe hai," and another showing a map of the project.
Gandhi alleged that the "Ek h🧔ai toh safe hai" slogan primarily serves to help A𝔉dani acquire Rs one lakh crore worth land through the Dharavi redevelopment project.
"Narendra Modi's slogan is: If we are united, we are safe. The question is: 🤪who is saf💦e,” the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said.
After Gandhi's swipe at the poll slogan, the BJP hit back, calling h⭕im “Chhota popat” which it claimed was coined by Shi༒v Sena founder Bal Thackeray to mock him.
“It was a very low-level press conference(in Mumbai). Bringing a Safe an⛄d creating drama around it. Holding this kind of press conference by the so-called top leader of the so-called national party does not suit Rahul Gandhi and the Congress,” BJP MP and national spokesperson Sambit Patra said.
“Today I say this from this platform and in Rahul Gandhi’s language that 'Chhota popat ne kiya hei Congress ko chaupat' (he has ruined the Congress). His name is Rahul Gandhi," the BJP 🀅leader said.
Patra sജaid the word “safe” in the slogan meant “safety, security and keeping people safe from ‘ghuspaithiya (infiltrators)’ but Gandhi took it as ‘tijori’ (a safe to keep money and valuables).
“As is the feeling of a person, so is his understanding. Those who have been breaking into ‘tijoris’ for generations, it’s obvious they will und𝔍erstand♐ the meaning of the word safe as ‘tijori’," further added the BJP leader.