Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and other lawmakers from the state cast their vote here on Monday to elect India’s 15th president.
BJP MLA Ashish Shelar claimed that the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) presidential poll Droupadi Murmu will get “record-breaking” votes from Maharashtra.
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Voting started at 10 am in the Vidhan Bhawan’s central hall here and will continue till 5 pm. Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Ajit Pawar (NCP) and Congress’s Balasaheb Thorat were also among the early voters.
Pune BJP MLA Mukta Tilak, who is suffering from a serious illness, also arrived in the Vidhan Bhawan to cast her vote. The opposition has nominated former Union minister Yashwant Sinha against Murmu.
