Updated On: 02 December, 2025 04:46 PM IST | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra) | mid-day online correspondent
A video circulating on social media appears to show Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar entering the polling booth, looking into the voting compartment as a woman cast her ballot, and engaging her in conversation

Polling across 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats began on Tuesday morning. Representational Pic/File
Election officials have initiated an inquiry after a video allegedly showed Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar entering a polling booth while a woman was casting her vote during the Maharashtra local body elections in Hingoli district on Tuesday, reported the PTI.
A video circulating on social media appears to show Bangar entering the polling booth, looking into the voting compartment as a woman cast her ballot, and engaging her in conversation.