BJP drops CM Eknath Shinde, deputy CM Ajit Pawar from list of star campaigners in Maharashtra

BJP drops CM Eknath Shinde, deputy CM Ajit Pawar from list of star campaigners in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: The BJP on Friday dropped Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar from its list of star campaigners in Maharashtra.

A revised list of 40 star campaigners led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was submitted to the Election Commission of India by the party.

In a letter to chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, BJP’s Arun Singh said, “This list may be treated as valid for the remaining parliamentary constituencies figuring in schedule 4 and 5 for the state of Maharashtra unless we forward an amended list for the remaining schedule within the prescribed time limit.”

The NCP (SCP) faction had lodged a complaint with the ECI against BJP for violating the Representation of Peoples’ Act and poll code by publishing names of politicians of other parties as its star campaigners. It said it was violative of section 77 of the Representation of Peoples’ Act.

Elections to 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra are being held in five phases. The first phase includes Vidarbha for which voting will be held on April 19. The last phase of polls is on May 20 which includes Mumbai.

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