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Maharashtra Assembly Election: A political controversy erupted in Maharashtra after Shiv Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray's bags were checked by the poll officials in Yavatmal and Latur over the past two days. The party criticized the actions as biased, claiming they are part of an effort to unfairly target opposition leaders amid the ongoing enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). 

In response to Uddhav’s allegations, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, showing the checking of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ bags by the airport authorities, and said merely holding the Constitution for “show” is not enough and one must also follow the constitutional system.

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In its post, the BJP said that some people have the habit of ‘showing off’. , "Carrying the Constitution in hand alone isn’t enough; one must also respect constitutional processes. We simply request that everyone should have a sense of regard for the Constitution,” the party wrote on X. 

This comes after Uddhav Thackeray expressed his frustration with election officials inspecting his bag in Yavatmal and Latur ahead of the elections, questioning whether similar checks are carried out on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah when they visit Maharashtra for rallies.

According to news agency PTI, Fadnavis reacted to Thackeary’s allegations and said that the Shiv Sena UBT chief is trying to distract the voters with pointless protesting against the inspection, and was "seeking votes by whining”. 

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"What is wrong with checking bags? We had our bags checked during campaigning, and there was no need for this level of frustration," he said. 

Meanwhile, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's helicopter was also inspected by election officials on Tuesday upon his arrival in Latur for a campaign event. The voting for the Maharashtra polls will be held in a single phase on November 20. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.

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