Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has urged people to elect his party candidates in the upcoming Maharashtra local body elections, saying a vote for his party is a vote for development and an end to "VIP culture", reported news agency PTI.

Addressing a rally organised here on Tuesday to campaign for the Shiv Sena candidate, Dr Prashant Katre, for the post of Gondia Municipal Council president, Shinde also asserted that the government's flagship Ladki Bahin scheme for women will not be discontinued.