Overview
- Pawar urged voters to elect all 18 Nationalist Congress Party candidates for the Malegaon Nagar Panchayat, promising no shortage of funds if they win.
- He said that if voters reject NCP candidates he would also "reject," and he holds the state’s finance portfolio in the BJP–NCP–Shiv Sena government.
- The Pawar-led NCP is contesting in Malegaon in partnership with a BJP-backed panel for the local polls.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve denounced the remarks as threatening and asked what action the Election Commission would take.
- The reports published Saturday did not indicate any formal response or enforcement move by the Election Commission regarding the comments.