Overview
- Candidates across Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad are rolling out high-value inducements including land plots, vehicles, foreign tours, cash prizes, bicycles, sewing machines and Paithani saris.
- NCP aspirant Shashi Tingre registered a lucky draw to award one-guntha plots to 11 women and described the offer as a measure of social and economic empowerment.
- Pimpri Chinchwad candidate Sanket Barne staged an SUV lucky draw alongside a Bollywood music concert that he said drew over 5,000 participants.
- In Wagholi, some aspirants are promoting five-day Phuket–Krabi packages for couples as concerts, cricket tournaments and vehicle giveaways become routine campaign fixtures.
- Experts link the escalation to delayed local polls and crowded candidate fields, a senior BJP leader called for limits and enforcement, and municipal voting is scheduled for January 15 with counting on January 16.