Pune, Jan. 15 -- Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chandrakant Patil arrived at Eklavya College on Thursday morning to cast his vote in the ongoing Maharashtra Municipal Corporation elections.

After casting his vote, the minister spoke to the media, encouraging people to vote in large numbers and urging them to "vote for the lotus."

"I exercised my right to vote... I fulfilled my duty this morning. I appeal to everyone to come out and vote for the lotus.... The BJP will bring development... and people will vote for that," he said.

Further commenting on the Opposition's allegations regarding Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering, Patil referred to Sharad Pawar's NCP MP Supriya Sule, who had won elections numerous times.

"Supriya Sule he...