Police said on April 4, a line card of the Vodafone Idea company was found to be missing from its main switching centre, located in Vega Center, a commercial establishment near Swargate.
Awade, while speaking to The Indian Express, said he took this decision as the incumbent Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) MP Dhairyashil Mane lacks electoral merit to be re-elected.