Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thursday, October 31, requesting the removal of Director General of Police (DGP) Rashmi Shukla from her position.

According to news agency ANI, Patole accused Shukla of showing a "clear bias" against Maharashtra's opposition parties: Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), and Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar). He claimed that Maharashtra has experienced numerous incidents of political violence targeting opposition leaders in the past 20 days, with cases reportedly escalating.