Why so much ruckus over checking helicopters? Shah, Nadda have also been checked

New Delhi: Amidst the hustle and bustle of Maharashtra Assembly elections, the matter of searching the bag of Shiv Sena (UBT) party chief Uddhav Thackeray is becoming heated. Actually, this search was taken by the Election Commission, after which the opposition parties are alleging that the Election Commission is only searching the leaders of the opposition parties. At present, the politics of Maharashtra has deviated from the important issues and turned towards the search issue. Has been. However, this is not the first time that a big leader’s bag has been checked after deboarding the helicopter. BJP National President JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have also passed this checking.

Nadda and Shah have also been checked

Election Commission sources clearly stated on Tuesday that planes and helicopters of top leaders of various political parties are checked as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Sources said that in the last elections also, the aircraft and helicopters of BJP national president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were checked.

“Enforcement agencies follow a strict SOP to ensure a level playing field for all,” said an official. A similar issue was raised in Bihar during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and it was then clarified that as per the SOP, helicopters of several prominent leaders including Nadda in Bhagalpur on April 24 and Shah in Katihar on April 21 were also checked. Was.’

What does the rule say?

Sources also referred to the statement given by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar during the announcement of assembly elections, in which he/she had said that to ensure level playing field, enforcement agencies have been instructed to check the helicopters of all the leaders. .

Questions raised on the work of the Election Commission

Rajya Sabha MP from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Sanjay Raut held a press conference on Tuesday. Raut told reporters, ‘The Election Commission keeps doing its work. Election state Maharashtra, Jharkhand. Earlier in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, they checked our luggage, helicopter, private jet and car, they reached our house, we have no problem with this, if you are doing this work in an impartial manner. ‘

‘…but he/she will stop only the leader of the opposition’

Sanjay Raut asked that you check our luggage, but do you stop the helicopters and convoys of vehicles of Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah and check them? he/she further said that the way money is handled in Maharashtra. Distribution is going on, can’t the Election Commission observer see this? We have repeatedly told him/her on this issue. But he/she will stop only the leader of the opposition.

What is the whole matter?

Leaders of political parties are busy campaigning vigorously to win the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Meanwhile, the bag of former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray was checked in Yavatmal district. According to the report, Uddhav Thackeray had reached Wani in Yavatmal district on Monday to campaign for Sanjay Derkar in view of the state assembly elections. As soon as he/she got down from the helicopter, the Election Commission employees checked his/her bag, due to which the politics of Maharashtra is heated.