Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde hit back at Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray over his claims of tampered voter lists. Speaking to the media, Fadnavis claimed that Aaditya simply copied what Congress had already shown and advised Sena (UBT) leaders not to act like Maharashtra’s ‘Pappu’, a term allegedly used by many in the ruling parties at the Centre and in the state to refer to Rahul Gandhi.

On Tuesday, Fadnavis said, “There was nothing new, and the same old allegations were repeated through the presentation.” A day earlier, Aaditya, highlighting alleged anomalies in voter lists, gave a presentation in Mumbai, titled ‘Bogus Sarkar, Bogus Matadar’ (fake government, fake voters). During the presentation, Aaditya alleged that the root cause behind the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) defeat in the Assembly elections was defective electoral rolls.