The drama comes along with elections! As  Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Supriya Sule has alleged that the the CCTV cameras of the strongroom, where the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were kept after the polling in Baramati Lok Sabha Constituency, was switched off for 45 minutes on Monday morning.

Sharing a video of the incident, the three-time MP from Baramati demanded an explanation from the Election Commission. Calling it 'suspicious', Sule urged the Election Commission to take immediate stock of the situation.

"After the polling of Baramati Lok Sabha Constituency, the CCTV in Godawan where the EVMs are kept was switched off for 45 minutes this morning. It is suspicious that the CCTV is switched off where a very important thing like EVM is kept. Also, this is a big laxity," she said in an X post.

The "explanation" came after a strong post from Ms Sule, the sitting MP who is defending the seat.

Sule further said that she didn't receive any 'satisfactory answers' from the concerned authorities and technicians were not available at the godown.

Baramati is one of the key Pawar versus Pawar fights in the state that took place on May 7. Ms Sule, the daughter of NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar, is up against her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar, the wife of her cousin and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

Ahead of the election, Ms Sule has called the choice of the candidate "dirty politics" by the BJP.