Maha floods:Govt slammed over pics of CM, BJP MLA on food bags

Opposition parties on Saturday accused the BJP-led Maharashtra government of "shamelessly advertising" itself eyeing upcoming assembly polls, after it emerged that grain bags for flood victims in parts of Sangli district carried stickers with images of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and a BJP MLA.

These bags containing rice and wheat bear stickers on which photographs of Fadnavis and Ichalkaranji MLA Suresh Halvankar are printed with a caption: "free rice and wheat distribution to flood-affected families (August 2019)".

Terming the allegations "false", the MLA said the opposition was levelling them because it is left with no issues in the wake of the government providing "speedy assistance" to the flood-affected people.

Defending the use the stickers, the MLA said the move will help the affected people know that the food grain is being provided to them free of cost on behalf of the government.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan said one has to have "some sense" about