Shiv Sena ( MLA) Sanjay Gaikwad has courted controversy once more by concentrating on voters for not giving him an amazing response within the just lately held Meeting polls.
At a occasion held in Buldhana on Sunday, Gaikwad stated, “You may’t solid a single vote for me. All they care about is liquor, mutton, and cash. These folks had been purchased for simply Rs 2,000.” In a video of the speech that’s being broadly circulated on social media, the Sena MLA goes on to make use of abusive phrases in Marathi.
Gaikwad’s assertion drew criticism with Shiv Sena UBT in search of his resignation. “If the MLA has used this language towards voters then the pinnacle of his occasion ought to search his resignation instantly,” stated Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
Gaikwad, a second-term Shiv Sena MLA from his dwelling constituency Buldhana, gained the seat with a slim margin of 841 votes within the just lately held Meeting elections in November 2024. Whereas Gaikwad polled 91,660 votes, his nearest rival Jayasjree Shelke of Shiv Sena UBT polled 90,819 votes. In time period of share Gaikwad obtained 47.06 per cent and Shelke 46.63 per cent.
Earlier, in the course of the election marketing campaign, Gaikwad had stated, “I’ll reward Rs 11 lakh to anybody who chops off the tongue of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi”, whereas responding ot Gandhi’s comment on reservation in the USA.
A BJP functionary on the situation of anonymity stated, “You can not present such disrespect to your voters. They’ve the correct to vote freely. Shiv Sena chief and deputy CM Eknath Shinde ought to warn his occasion MLA.”
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