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.
In a letter to Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner, BJP’s Arun Singh, national general secretary and incharge, Headquarter 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 the 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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