With Khot’s entry, there at the moment are 12 contestants within the fray for the Maharashtra Council elections which is scheduled to be held on June 20
With Khot’s entry, there at the moment are 12 contestants within the fray for the Maharashtra Council elections which is scheduled to be held on June 20
Former Maharashtra minister and BJP ally Sadabhau Khot on Thursday filed his nomination for the upcoming polls to 10 seats of the State Legislative Council as a BJP-backed unbiased candidate.
The BJP, which has fielded 5 candidates of its personal to this point, prolonged its help to Mr. Khot.
With Mr. Khot’s entry, there at the moment are 12 candidates within the enviornment for the elections to the Upper House of the State Legislature to be held on June 20.
BJP’s State president Chandrakant Patil accompanied Mr. Khot when the latter filed his nomination in Mumbai.
Mr. Khot was earlier a member of the Legislative Council. He is the founding father of Rayat Kranti Sanghatana, which had supported the erstwhile BJP-led authorities within the State. He was Minister of State for Agriculture within the Devendra Fadnavis-led dispensation that was in energy between 2014 and 2019.
Mr. Patil mentioned, “(Mr.) Khot has filed his nomination as an independent candidate and our party has decided to extend support to him. He is a popular farmer leader in the State.”
However, when requested, Mr. Patil refused to touch upon the protest by the supporters of Pankaja Munde in Aurangabad earlier within the day in opposition to the occasion’s determination to not nominate her for the Council polls. They raised slogans in help of Ms. Munde whereas heading in the direction of the BJP workplace positioned in Osmanpura space of Aurangabad.
The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies – Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress – have named two candidates every for the Legislative Council polls.
The 10 retiring members are – Legislative Council Chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, State Industries Minister Subhash Desai, Diwakar Raote, Leader of Opposition within the Upper House Pravin Darekar, Prasad Lad, Maratha chief Vinayak Mete and former Minister Sadabhau Khot- each allies of the BJP, Surjitsinh Thakur, Ravindra Phatak, and Sanjay Daund.
Source: www.thehindu.com
