The Maharashtra BJP said in a post on X that the bags of Fadnavis were checked at Yavatmal on November 7 and at Kolhapur on November 5. According to the party, Fadnavis didn't make an issue out of it.
Introduced to help illiterate voters cast their vote, election symbols have become an important part of India’s political tradition and have become internal to a party's identity
The certificate is issued after the returning officer hands over the result to the poll panel. It will be signed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey.