Pune, Jan. 1 -- Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) candidate Uddhav Kamble has admitted that he made a mistake by tearing the AB form, but has strongly denied allegations that he chewed or swallowed it.
Clearing the air over the controversy, Kamble said that a person with no connection to the party had brought the AB form, and in a moment of emotional outrage, he forcibly took it and tore it. However, he asserted that the claim that he bit and swallowed the form is completely false.
Following the incident, police have registered a case against Kamble, terming the episode as one that has brought disrepute not only to a particular individual or party, but to politics as a whole. Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has also repo...