Maharashtra civic polls: BJP candidate’s husband under probe for recording video inside Pimpri-Chinchwad polling booth

Husband of BJP candidate in Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporation election filmed a video while casting his vote. (Pic/Screengrab from Facebook)

Amid the ongoing Maharashtra civic polls, a photo across the social media platforms has ignited a new controversy. In a case of alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct at ward no. 18 of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections.

Nilesh Doke, husband of the BJP candidate Aparna Doke, allegedly recorded a video while casting his vote and shared it on the social media platform Facebook, despite a strict ban on mobile phones inside polling booths. Speaking on the incident, PCMC Commissioner Sharavan Hardikar said, "An investigation is underway, and the process of filing an FIR for the violation has begun."

Pune records 6 per cent voter turnout in the first two hours

Polling for the Pune Municipal Corporation civic elections began on a measured note on Thursday; the city recorded 6 per cent voter turnout in the first two hours of voting.

Voting commenced at 7:30 am across polling stations in Pune under heightened security arrangements. The early hours saw a gradual flow of voters, including senior citizens and first-time voters.

Voters face chaos at polling booths in Mumbai over missing name

In a different case, several voters on the day of the BMC election in 2026 faced difficulties at a polling centre in Andheri on Thursday, with complaints of missing names and inadequate arrangements, leading to long delays and inconvenience, especially for senior citizens.

Rasbihari B. Lalwani, who had visited the Jamnabai school in Andheri to cast his vote, had been stuck along with his elderly parents at the polling centre for 2 hours, as his and his parents' numbers were not found at the centre.

Lalwani, while briefing about the incident, said, "My parents are 75 plus, and no one helped us; they were not provided with any seating arrangement. I had to look for something myself. After talking to multiple officers, after about 2 hours of running around, they finally looked for the names manually and found the names."

"Around 60-70 per cent of people around when I was at the centre were facing the same issues," Lalwani further added.

Following the incident, Lalwani was told by the officers at the centre that they had not received much training and were themselves facing issues at the booth.

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