Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has urged people to elect his party candidates in the upcoming Maharashtra local body elections, saying a vote for his party is a vote for development and an end to "VIP culture", reported news agency PTI.

Addressing a rally organised here on Tuesday to campaign for the Shiv Sena candidate, Dr Prashant Katre, for the post of Gondia Municipal Council president, Shinde also asserted that the government`s flagship Ladki Bahin scheme for women will not be discontinued.