Welcoming Satpute’ candidature in an open letter, Shinde described herself as the daughter of Solapur and expressed hope that the anticipated tough campaigning over the next few weeks, “would remain an ideological fight between the two contending parties with supreme focus on public interest and development”.
The convoy seems to be an attempt by Rao to recreate the 1,000-car long rally from Hyderabad to New Delhi, which had taken place in March 2003, in an effort to grab the eyeballs of the residents of the national capital.
The new and upgraded version of Vande Bharat Express will run between Mumbai and Solapur and Mumbai and Sainagar Shirdi.
The president of Jyoti Kranti Parishad, Ramesh Baraskar, said the procession was named 'Bridegroom Morcha' to highlight the sex ratio imbalance in Maharashtra.
The incident took place near Maloli village in Malshiras tehsil of Solapur on Tuesday night when the constable was asking people to stay indoors, a duty officer at Velapur police station said.
'The girl was disturbed, but after the police took her into confidence, she narrated the ordeal. A case was subsequently registered and five out of the 10 accused were arrested,' Solapur police said.
