Chief spokesperson Atul Londhe has written to Election Commission of India Director General of Police Rashmi Shukla, demanding an investigation into the matter to find out whether it was a 'conspiracy' to eliminate Patole.
He also urged the DGP and ECI to make tight security arrangements for important Congress stalwarts like opposition leader Vijay Wadettiwar, Congress Legislature Party leader Balasaheb Thorat, former CM Prithviraj Chavan and others, as last night's incident raised eyebrows among the party leaders. This has created great concern. staff.
The ruling Mahayuti government also took note of the accident and Deputy C. Devendra Fadnavis called Patole to inquire about his well-being and Minister Shambhuraj Desai assured that the incident would be thoroughly investigated.
Late on Tuesday night, when Patole was returning to his base camp after addressing an election campaign rally in Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency, a speeding truck hit him, badly crushing his car.Patole said that a speeding truck, being driven recklessly, tried to overtake his car near Bhilewada on the way to Sukli village after completing his election meeting in Ganeshpur, but the truck took a turn to avoid it. .
Despite the tireless efforts of Patole's driver to avoid the collision, the truck managed to engulf him and the car almost went off the road before coming to a halt in the darkness.
Although Patole, his colleague and the driver got out of the car safely, the vehicle was badly damaged and became unroadworthy.
This morning, Patole, who was a little shaken by the accident, said that the local police reached the spot, conducted a panchnama, seized the truck and started investigation.
However, he expressed doubts about whether it was a real accident or a conspiracy, but said that the police investigation would reveal the truth, although it was not clear to me whether the truck driver was drunk or he dozed off while driving. Was.Resuming his scheduled election programs in other areas of the constituency today, Patole said, “We have filed a police complaint to find out if it was some kind of conspiracy and demanded an investigation. ..No one was injured in the accident."
He also urged the DGP and ECI to make tight security arrangements for important Congress stalwarts like opposition leader Vijay Wadettiwar, Congress Legislature Party leader Balasaheb Thorat, former CM Prithviraj Chavan and others, as last night's incident raised eyebrows among the party leaders. This has created great concern. staff.
The ruling Mahayuti government also took note of the accident and Deputy C. Devendra Fadnavis called Patole to inquire about his well-being and Minister Shambhuraj Desai assured that the incident would be thoroughly investigated.
Late on Tuesday night, when Patole was returning to his base camp after addressing an election campaign rally in Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency, a speeding truck hit him, badly crushing his car.Patole said that a speeding truck, being driven recklessly, tried to overtake his car near Bhilewada on the way to Sukli village after completing his election meeting in Ganeshpur, but the truck took a turn to avoid it. .
Despite the tireless efforts of Patole's driver to avoid the collision, the truck managed to engulf him and the car almost went off the road before coming to a halt in the darkness.
Although Patole, his colleague and the driver got out of the car safely, the vehicle was badly damaged and became unroadworthy.
This morning, Patole, who was a little shaken by the accident, said that the local police reached the spot, conducted a panchnama, seized the truck and started investigation.
However, he expressed doubts about whether it was a real accident or a conspiracy, but said that the police investigation would reveal the truth, although it was not clear to me whether the truck driver was drunk or he dozed off while driving. Was.Resuming his scheduled election programs in other areas of the constituency today, Patole said, “We have filed a police complaint to find out if it was some kind of conspiracy and demanded an investigation. ..No one was injured in the accident."
