Amid bag checking row, Uddhav's convoy stopped at Maharashtra-Goa border

Amid nag checking row Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackerays convoy was stopped at a checkpost on the MaharashtraGoa border in Sindhudurg district on Wednesday reported the PTIThe incident was reported days after bags of the former Maharashtra chief minister were checked by poll officials in Yavatmal district ahead of a poll rally prompting him to raise allegations of selective targetingThe Shiv Sena UBT had on Tuesday alleged that the poll authorities frisked the bags of party chief Uddhav Thackeray for the second consecutive dayAmid the allegations the Election Commission without naming the party or the leader stated that helicopters and vehicles of all top leaders and campaigners are checked for suspicious itemsOn Wednesday top Maharashtra leaders including CM Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawars bags were checked by the officialsUddhav Thackerays son and party legislator Aaditya Thackeray retweeted a video in which poll officials are frisking the bags inside his chopper at LaturWhile the Entirely Compromised commission shamelessly carries on trying to delay Uddhav Thackeray ji to his sabhas by frisking the question is why isnrsquot the PM or other ministers visiting Maharashtra to promote bjprsquos loot being frisked this way What a disgrace itrsquos turninghellip httpstcoPxPKKsPhTumdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray November 12 2024In his post Aaditya has called the Election Commission EC the Entirely Compromised Commission and claimed that the poll authorities are trying to delay his father from reaching his public meetings He also questioned why the Prime Minister or other ministers are not frisked in MaharashtraUddhav Thackeray and his son Tejas were on Wednesday on a campaign tour in the coastal Konkan regionVisuals show Uddhav Thackerays carcade being stopped at the Inshuli check post when it was entering Maharashtra from Goa leaving him infuriated as per the PTICheckpost personnel allowed the convoy to proceed after realising that Thackeray was travelling in one of the carsUddhav Thackeray then proceeded towards Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra to address a campaign rallyEarlier this week bags carried by Uddhav Thackeray were frisked by poll officials after the helicopter carrying him landed at a helipad for a rally in Yavatmal district in east MaharashtraWATCH Maharashtra CM Eknath Shindersquos bags were checked at Palghar Police ground helipad where he reached for the election campaignSource Shiv Sena pictwittercom44CnWiTYzGmdash ANI ANI November 13 2024Uddhav Thackerays party had recorded the video of the frisking of bags and angrily dared officials to check the luggage of PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during poll campaigningNotably separate videos of the frisking of bags of CM Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar have also emerged apparently aimed at taking the fang out of Thackerays criticism of selective targetingwith PTI inputs