After relatives of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and two other ministers in the state government were elected unopposed in the local body polls, the Opposition has alleged that the BJP used money power and threats to get other candidates to withdraw from the fray.

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s cousin Alhad Kaloti was elected unopposed in the Chikhaldara Nagar Panchayat elections. Surprisingly, not one, but all nine opposition candidates withdrew their nomination at the last moment.

Maharashtra Congress leader and former minister Yashomati Thakur alleged that CM Fadnavis misused the government machinery to get his relative elected unopposed. She alleged that the ruling party used money and threats to force other candidates to withdraw.

BJP minister Girish

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