Maharashtra local body elections LIVE updates: Ajit Pawar condemns violence during polls

Maharashtra local body elections LIVE updates: Voters reach polling booths to cast their votes 

People were on Tuesday seen waiting in a queues to cast their votes at polling booths in parts of Maharashtra during the local body elections. Check photos here

Maharashtra local body elections LIVE updates: `Such behaviour will not be tolerated`, warns deputy CM

"Such behaviour will not be tolerated," he said. As many as 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Maharashtra went to polls on Tuesday. In many places, ruling alliance partners BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar`s NCP are contesting against each other.

Maharashtra local body elections LIVE updates: `Let the people decide who they want to elect`

Describing elections as a "sacred process", he said every voter must be able to exercise their franchise without fear. "...Let the people decide who they want to elect," Pawar stated, adding that any attempt to disturb peace or influence voters through force was "against the Constitution and Maharashtra`s values."

Maharashtra local body elections LIVE updates: Violence has no place in our democracy, says Ajit Pawar

Among other places, clashes between Shiv Sena and NCP workers were reported in Mahad and Roha in Raigad district, where state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare and the Sena`s Bharat Gogawale, a minister, are local rivals. "Violence has no place in our democracy," Pawar said in a post on X.