Maharashtra assembly elections 2019: Candidate from Latur pays poll deposit in ‘unacceptable’ ₹10 coins
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Maharashtra assembly elections 2019: Candidate from Latur pays poll deposit in ‘unacceptable’ ₹10 coins

The Hindu  

Inspired by a film, a 28-year-old candidate from Latur Assembly seat has paid his poll deposit amount in ₹10 coins to highlight the fact that the coin is not being accepted as legal tender by local traders. Santosh Sabde, who is contesting as an Independent from the central Maharashtra town, said Election Commission officials on Friday were hesitant to accept the deposit in coins, but “acquiesced eventually”. Flagging the issue Makrand Anaspure-starrer Gallit Gondhal Dillit Mujra, a 2009 Marathi film, has a sequence where the protagonist, who is contesting an election, pays the deposit in coins, and officials sweat it out while counting them. So I decided to pay the deposit in ₹10 coins to flag the issue,” Mr. Sabde said.

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