Overview
- Congress withdrew its Baramati Assembly by-election nominee as a mark of respect for the late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
- State party chief Harshvardhan Sapkal said Nationalist Congress Party leaders urged the withdrawal and denied any pressure from the BJP or a call from Devendra Fadnavis.
- Sapkal said Congress has not backed any party in Baramati and still opposes the NCP’s tie-up with the BJP.
- Congress pressed for a case on Ajit Pawar’s fatal accident, noting Karnataka has registered one while Maharashtra has not.
- Sapkal accused the Election Commission of acting like a political party and said Congress will seek a Special Intensive Revision, a door-to-door check of voter rolls, to contest alleged vote theft.