{"id":3659,"date":"2026-10-23T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:19:33","slug":"mla-shankar-jagtap-casts-vote-in-pune-graduates-constituency-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/?p=3659","title":{"rendered":"MLA Shankar Jagtap Casts Vote in Pune Graduates\u2019 Constituency Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Every vote is valuable in strengthening democracy, says Shankar Jagtap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PIMPRI :<\/strong> Chinchwad MLA Shankar Jagtap exercised his voting right in the Pune Graduates\u2019 Constituency election on Friday at a polling station in Pimple Gurav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jagtap cast his vote in the morning at Polling Station No. 105, located in the old building of Pimple Gurav Secondary School. 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