Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's office has informed that the photographs cited by the Congress functionary to allege violation of the poll code were old.

The CEO office had received a complaint from a Congress functionary that Shinde had held a "political" meeting at his official residence 'Varsha' a few days ago, in violation of the model code of conduct applicable to the Lok Sabha. Election.

The complaint was based on photographs broadcast by a Marathi news channel that showed Shinde meeting some MLAs at his official residence in south Mumbai.

When asked about the issue, Chockalingam on Tuesday said, "When we received the complaint, the Mumbai City Collector asked the Chief Minister's Office about it. The CMO told us that the pictures shown on the news channel were not in compliance with the code of conduct enforcement." were taken before." "They were file images."

"We have asked the complainant if there is any further evidence to support his claim. We will now await his response," he said.