Amravati, October 01: President Pratibha Patil’s son Rajendra Shekhawat is upset over Amravati Mayor Ashok Dongre’s decision to remove posters of his mother.
Several political leaders, too, feel Shekhawat shouldn’t try using his mother’s status to woo voters.
Dongre has demanded that the President’s posters and banners should be removed from all public places in the city as they give an unfair advantage to Congress candidate Rajendra Shekhawat in his campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections.
“Election Code of Conduct has to be respected across Maharashtra and that includes Amravati,” says Dongre.
Since the Mayor is also a Congressman his demand has resulted in a controversy in Amravati. But Shekhawat seems firm on his stand.
“Is it a crime to be the President’s son? I have worked very hard to get where I am,” says Shekhawat.
The fight between Shekhawat and Congress rebel Sunil Deshmukh has become the center of attention for a lot of people and not just in Amravati.
But all over Maharashtra it remains to be seen whether just like the Mayor of Amravati, other congressmen come out in support of Deshmukh or not.
–Agencies