09 May,2024 09:00 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Ramdas Athawale. Pic/X
Amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024, Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale has said he has filed a complaint with the Election Commission, objecting to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's frequent claim that the BJP would change the country's Constitution.
Gandhi should be prohibited from making this claim, Athawale, a prominent Dalit leader and BJP ally, told reporters on Wednesday.
"Rahul Gandhi has frequently claimed that the BJP plans to change the Constitution if it comes to power again. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has refuted these charges several times," he said, reported PTI.
"I have filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Gandhi's frequent claims. He should be prohibited from saying it, and there should be some action against him," the Republican Party of India (A) chief said, reported PTI.
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In another incident, five people were detained by police in north Maharashtra's Dhule district after they showed black flags to Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' convoy on Wednesday afternoon and released later, a police official said, reported PTI.
The incident took place at Karvand Naka in Shirpur, he said.
Fadnavis was on his way to Jalgaon to campaign after finishing a Lok Sabha elections 2024 rally in Shirpur when the protesters came on the road, the official said.
They belonged to Adivasi and Koli communities and wanted to protest as their long-pending demands had not been fulfilled, reported PTI.
They were taken to Shirpur police station and released after giving a warning, the official added.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday said "all the candidates of Sharad Pawar's party are losing the Lok Sabha elections 2024".
Speaking to ANI, Bawankule said, "The opposition leader Supriya Sule is going to lose too."
Pertinent to note that Supriya Sule is contesting from the Baramati seat, which comprises 6 Assembly seats: Indapur, Baramati, Purandar, Bhor, Khadakwasla, and Daund.
The contest in Baramati is between Pawar versus Pawar as Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar, who split from the Sharad Pawar-led NCP to form his party has fielded his wife Sunetra Pawar against Supriya Sule.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
