Uddhav Thackeray's "Names On TV" Dig At Poll Officials After 2 Bag Checks
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Voting for Maharashtra's 288 Assembly seats will be held on November 20, with results due three days later, along with those from the election in Jharkhand.
Election officials' routine checks of Uddhav Thackeray's bags - in Yavatmal district Monday and Latur Tuesday afternoon, while the ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister campaigns for next week's election - have sparked a row between his Shiv Sena faction and the rival group led by his successor, Eknath Shinde. VIDEO | Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray's (@OfficeofUT) bag was checked in Ausa in Latur district earlier today. Uddhav Thackeray questioned the officials who checked the bags.(Source: Third party)(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/aoclqRQDXI डॉ. बाबासाहेबांनी लिहिलेल्या संविधानात सगळ्यांना समान न्याय हे आम्ही मानतोच.पण यंत्रणांना हाताशी धरुन लोकशाहीला पायदळी तुडवून हुकुमत गाजविणाऱ्या दिल्लीश्वरांनी मात्र त्या संविधानाचा सगळ्याच पातळ्यांवर अवमान करायचा ठरवलं आहे.आज उद्धवसाहेबांच्या सामानाची वणी येथे काही… pic.twitter.com/XyM53sKOsy
In a video shared online by news agency PTI this evening, Mr Thackeray can be heard grilling an election official waiting to search his luggage - a brown duffel - as he exits his helicopter. In a gruff tone the Sena (UBT) boss demands to know the officer's name (Mahesh Shani) and see his ID card.
Mr Shani and his colleagues - all of whom appear nervous and overwhelmed, repeatedly bowing as Mr Thackeray addresses them - show the Sena leader their ID cards. He also demands to see their appointment letters and orders them to show them all the money in their pockets.
