Lok Sabha elections 2024: NCP (SP) lodge over 200 plaints against Ajit Pawar-led party

Sharad Pawar

The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Tuesday lodged more than 200 complaints against the NCP led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Baramati constituency of Pune district for allegedly indulging in malpractices like cash distribution to voters, party MLA Rohit Pawar claimed. Voting for the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency along with 10 others in Maharashtra was held on Tuesday.

Baramati is the home turf of the politically influential Pawar family. Sharad Pawar has represented the Baramati Lok Sabha seat several times in the past. His daughter Supriya Sule has been the Baramati MP since 2009 and is seeking to retain the seat for the fourth term. Ajit Pawar, who rebelled against his uncle and party founder Sharad Pawar in July 2023 and joined the Eknath Shinde-led government, fielded his wife Sunetra from the constituency.

NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar took to social media to post a video of Indapur MLA Dattatray Bharne, who belongs to the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, in which he is seen hurling abuses at someone. The party lodged a complaint against Bharne to the Election Commission of India (ECI), in which it stated that the NCP MLA intimidated and threatened voters, thereby effectively unlawfully seizing control of a polling booth in Indapur.

"Datatray Bharne is seen engaging in verbal abuse towards booth workers and issuing threats to them, employing vulgar language," reads the complaint. Rohit Pawar said his party - the NCP (SP) - has filed more than 150 complaints against the ruling NCP that are serious in nature. "Besides them, 80 to 90 complaints are related to cash distribution and intimidation," he said. The voters are supporting the NCP (SP), he added. Baramati Lok Sabha constituency's returning officer Kavita Dwivedi said that so far her office has received several complaints from the NCP (SP).

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