Congress leader Nitin Raut on Tuesday urged the Maharashtra Election Commission (EC) to take strict action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minister Ashish Shelar, alleging that his recent comments on “appeasement politics” violate election laws and the Model Code of Conduct, news agency PTI reported.

Shelar, on Monday, had accused Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray of practising appeasement politics by pointing out only duplicate Hindu voter names, while allegedly ignoring similar irregularities in the Muslim voter list.