Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday reiterated that local body elections in Maharashtra should be conducted only after the electoral rolls are cleaned up, The Hindu reported.

He also refuted the allegations by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, that the Opposition was doing “appeasement politics” by alleging irregularities in the voter list.

Earlier in the day, BJP leader Ashish Shelar had accused Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, of “ sowing the seeds of Hindu-Muslim division ” by flagging multiple entries of Hindu voters while refraining from naming voters from other communities, The Times of India reported.

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