Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule warned BJP workers about their mobile phones and WhatsApp groups being monitored, urging discipline ahead of local polls. Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut condemned this as a privacy breach, demanding the minister's arrest. Bawankule later clarified that the party links booth-level WhatsApp groups to its war room for communication and feedback.
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