Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday appealed to teachers to vote for party candidate Dattatray Lahane in the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council elections for the Amravati Teachers’ constituency, where the party faces a direct contest with its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally, Congress.

In a statement, Thackeray highlighted Lahane’s commitment to teachers’ demands, saying the candidate had pledged before a tehsildar that he would refuse to draw his salary as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) until the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) was implemented for teachers.