Maha CM Shinde requests Sharad Pawar to not contest Chinchwad, Kasba Peth bypolls

By Express News Service

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde dialled NCP chief Sharad Pawar and different Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders requesting them to not area candidates within the state bypolls in Chinchwad and Kasaba Peth.

Chinchwad and Kasba Peth meeting bypolls have been necessitated after the demise of incumbent BJP MLA Laxman Jagtap and Mukta Tilak respectively. The BJP has introduced its candidate for each seats. Ashwini Jagtap, widow of Laxman Jagtap, will contest from Chinchwad, whereas Hemant Rasane will contest from Kasaba Peth.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde mentioned that it’s the tradition of Maharashtra to not area candidates if byelections are necessitated after the demise of a sitting MLA.

“We always support the deceased family members to get elected. We expect the same in both constituencies. Therefore, I called NCP chief Sharad Pawar and other Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders urging them to respect state culture and pave the way for BMC candidates,” Shinde mentioned.

Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), an alliance of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress, has up to now not declared its candidates for the byelections.

However, Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) chief, mentioned that whereas it’s true that the ruling get together has requested their help, it was already determined in an MVA assembly to contest each byelections. He additionally mentioned the ruling get together shouldn’t train them about morality.

“In Andheri East elections, how the BJP and the ruling party (Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde) troubled deceased Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke’s widow Rutuja Latke. The BJP tried to block her candidature by all means but they failed. They were forced to withdraw their candidate at the eleventh hours after seeing their defeat,” Raut mentioned.

In the MVA assembly, it was additionally determined that the Kasaba Peth seat will probably be contested by the Congress whereas NCP will contest the Chinchwad seat.

Sources mentioned that Ravindra Dhangekar can be introduced because the candidate from Congress for the Kasaba Peth seat. “The Brahmins of Kasba Peth aren’t pleased with the BJP for asserting Hemant Rasane’s candidature. We have been anticipating somebody both from the Mukta Tilak household or any Brahmin face however the BJP introduced a non-Brahmin particular person (Hemant Rasane),” a senior BJP chief from Pune mentioned.

Kasaba Peth is the Brahamin voters’ conventional constituency of the BJP, the chief mentioned. “Earlier, Girish Bapat after which Mukta Tilak was elected. The BJP will not be giving justice to our group. We are taken without any consideration. Earlier, Medha Kulkarni was denied a ticket to accommodate Chandrakant Patil in Kothrud, now Rasane instead of Ms Tilak. This will not be an excellent signal, the get together might face the group’s wrath within the byelections,” he added.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde dialled NCP chief Sharad Pawar and different Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders requesting them to not area candidates within the state bypolls in Chinchwad and Kasaba Peth.

Chinchwad and Kasba Peth meeting bypolls have been necessitated after the demise of incumbent BJP MLA Laxman Jagtap and Mukta Tilak respectively. The BJP has introduced its candidate for each seats. Ashwini Jagtap, widow of Laxman Jagtap, will contest from Chinchwad, whereas Hemant Rasane will contest from Kasaba Peth.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde mentioned that it’s the tradition of Maharashtra to not area candidates if byelections are necessitated after the demise of a sitting MLA.

“We always support the deceased family members to get elected. We expect the same in both constituencies. Therefore, I called NCP chief Sharad Pawar and other Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders urging them to respect state culture and pave the way for BMC candidates,” Shinde mentioned.

Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), an alliance of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress, has up to now not declared its candidates for the byelections.

However, Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) chief, mentioned that whereas it’s true that the ruling get together has requested their help, it was already determined in an MVA assembly to contest each byelections. He additionally mentioned the ruling get together shouldn’t train them about morality.

“In Andheri East elections, how the BJP and the ruling party (Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde) troubled deceased Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke’s widow Rutuja Latke. The BJP tried to block her candidature by all means but they failed. They were forced to withdraw their candidate at the eleventh hours after seeing their defeat,” Raut mentioned.

In the MVA assembly, it was additionally determined that the Kasaba Peth seat will probably be contested by the Congress whereas NCP will contest the Chinchwad seat.

Sources mentioned that Ravindra Dhangekar can be introduced because the candidate from Congress for the Kasaba Peth seat. “The Brahmins of Kasba Peth aren’t pleased with the BJP for asserting Hemant Rasane’s candidature. We have been anticipating somebody both from the Mukta Tilak household or any Brahmin face however the BJP introduced a non-Brahmin particular person (Hemant Rasane),” a senior BJP chief from Pune mentioned.

Kasaba Peth is the Brahamin voters’ conventional constituency of the BJP, the chief mentioned. “Earlier, Girish Bapat after which Mukta Tilak was elected. The BJP will not be giving justice to our group. We are taken without any consideration. Earlier, Medha Kulkarni was denied a ticket to accommodate Chandrakant Patil in Kothrud, now Rasane instead of Ms Tilak. This will not be an excellent signal, the get together might face the group’s wrath within the byelections,” he added.