BJP leader Pankaja Munde, isolates herself after developing COVID-19 symptoms

Voting for the Aurangabad Graduates constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Council will take place in eight districts of the region on December 1.  MLC Satish Chavan is the candidate of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, against Shirish Boralkar of the BJP. A total of 35 candidates are in the fray. Amidst all of this chaos, Former Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde  who  campaigned   for BJP candidate Shirish Boralkar in a tweet said that she has developed COVID-19 symptoms.

पंकजा गोपीनाथ मुंडे आपल्याला आव्हान करते की आपण शिरिषजी बोराळकर यांना पहिल्या पसंदी चे मत देऊन विजयी करावे .. मला सर्दी खोकला व ताप आहे त्यामुळे मी जवाबदारी स्वीकारून isolate झाले आहे..अर्थाचे अनर्थ करणाऱ्याकडे दुर्लक्ष करावे आणि बोराळकरांच्या पारड्यात पहिली पसंती टाकावी..

— Pankaja Gopinath Munde (@Pankajamunde) November 30, 2020

 

Munde was in Hingoli district of Maharashtra's Marathwada region to campaign for BJP candidate Shirish Boralkar, who is contesting election from the graduates' constituency of the state Legislative Council a few days ago.  In her twitter post she wrote, "I have a cold, cough and fever so I am isolating myslef as a responsible citizen." Earlier, she had accused the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of stalling the schemes rolled out by the previous BJP-led dispensation in the state. The BJP leader said that the government led by her party worked for those who remained neglected previously.