Congress slams BJP IT cell over hashtag supporting re-election in Maha

Congress party on Friday slammed IT Cell of BJP for allegedly 'misusing' fame of Marathi cine and st artistes for campaigning for re-election in Maharashtra after party could form a government in state. In a press te, Congress party alleged that this hashtag was being a misuse of stardom of Marathi cine and st artistes by BJP IT Cell for propaganda.

Maharashtra Congress General Secretary and spokesperson Sachin Sawant also shared a screenshot of hashtag "Punhanivduk" (re-election) where several Marathi artistes have me similar tweets.

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In screenshot, actors Sonali Kulkarni, Siddhartha Jhav, Sai Tamhankar and Ankush Choudhary, etc., were seen making similar tweets. Sawant also alleged that IT Cell of BJP was spreing propaganda to create an atmosphere of uncertainty in Maharashtra in name of "mid-term polls".

"Congress has also demanded a police probe into matter for any larger conspiracy while several actors using same hashtag in an almost identical way," statement said. hashtag "Punhanivduk" is trending in Mumbai and Maharashtra, where many Twitter users are sharing ir views, supporting BJP or criticising Shiv Sena for seeking an alliance with NCP and Congress.

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President's rule in Maharashtra

President's rule was imposed in Maharashtra on Tuesday after ne of parties — Shiv Sena, BJP, Congress, and NCP — could form a stable government. Sena, which initially challenged move in Supreme Court, has put a hold on its plea, as three parties try to stitch an alliance to form next government. Mahayuti alliance fell out with Sena insisting on an equal sharing of CM post for 2.5 years and portfolios, while BJP refused to accept se demands. saffron alliance swept Maharashtra on October 24, winning a combined tally of 161 (BJP- 105, Sena -56), while 'Maha- Aghi' alliance (NCP-54, Congress-44) bagged 98 seats in total. halfway mark is 145.

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CMP finalised, Sena, breaks from NDA

Earlier on Thursday, final draft of CMP was prepared in joint meeting of leers from three parties.  Congress' Prithviraj Chavan, Manikrao Thakre and Vijay Wettiwar, Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde and Subhash Desai and NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal, Nawab Malik and Jayant Patil met in Mumbai to decide portfolios split, target issues. etc. Meanwhile, Sena and BJP's Maharashtra battle reached a national level as Sena's 18 Lok Sabha MPs too decided on Thursday to boycott all MPs meeting on vember 17 prior to Winter session of Parliament. On or hand, Former CM Devendra Fnavis has stated that 'three parties can t run a government. re is alternative to BJP government,' hinting at re-elections.

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(with ANI inputs)