Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), is under scrutiny for possible violations of the election code of conduct, after a speech he gave to mathadi workers, or head loaders, in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.

The Union Agriculture Minister’s remark led his political rivals to complain to EC. Pic/PTI

In the speech at APMC market in Vashi, Pawar had asked the head loaders, who are mostly from Satara district, to vote twice for NCP — once in their hometowns and once in their work district in Mumbai. Satara and Mumbai go to polls on different dates in the multi-phase poll schedule this year.