Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | Constable booked for sharing photo of postal ballot on social media

Mumbai: A case has been registered against a police constable after he allegedly uploaded a photograph of his postal ballot paper on social media after exercising his franchise in the Maharashtra assembly polls, an official said on Saturday.

Constable Ganesh Shinde voted on a postal ballot for the Ashti assembly constituency in Beed district, said Balasaheb Wakchaure, returning officer of Malabar Hill seat in south Mumbai.

He said the constable allegedly clicked a photograph of the ballot paper from a polling booth at a facilitation centre and uploaded it on social media.

A case has been registered against Shinde at Gaodevi police station for violating the secrecy of the ballot paper, the official said.

Polls for the 288-member Maharashtra assembly will be held on November 20, and votes will be counted on November 23.

Facilitation centres have been set up for police personnel and employees to cast their votes on postal ballot.

Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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