Poll deposit in Rs 10 coins for a cause

Mumbai, October 5

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Inspired by a film, a candidate from Latur Assembly seat in Maharashtra paid the poll deposit amount in Rs 10 coins to highlight the fact that the coin is not being accepted as legal tender by local traders.

Santosh Sabde (28), who is contesting as Independent from this central Maharashtra town, said Election Commission officials on Friday were hesitant to accept the deposit in coins, but “acquiesced eventually”.

An Assembly poll candidate has to pay Rs 10,000 as deposit. Friday was the last day to file nominations for the October 21 state elections.

Makrand Anaspure-starrer 2009 Marathi film “Gallit Gondhal Dillit Mujra” has a sequence where the protagonist, who is contesting an election, pays the deposit in coins, and officials sweat it out while counting them.

Sabde, who is pursuing law degree, said he took his cue from the film, “but for a public cause”. — PTI