Among the many 20 meeting seats in Pune district, Indapur is one which definitely would evoke curiosity from political observers. On one hand, sitting MLA Dattatray Bharne seeks to retain his successful streak whereas former minister Harshavardhan Patil hopes to regain his seat, which he has represented for 4 instances.
Recognized for its pomegranate fields and sugar mills, Indapur’s politics is influenced by its neighbour Baramati with Sharad Pawar and his household exerting their clout right here too. Earlier than Ajit Pawar went his personal manner, the chilly conflict between the Pawars and Patils was an open secret.
Patil had fought the elections each as an impartial candidate in addition to on a Congress ticket. His determination to hitch BJP in 2014 was principally because of the then undivided NCP, particularly Ajit Pawar’s refusal to half with this seat. Bharne had trounced Patil with snug margins each within the 2014 and 2019 Meeting elections.
After Ajit Pawar break up the NCP, Bharne sided with him, which compounded Patil’s discomfort. At the moment, Patil is the chairperson of the Nationwide Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories – the apex physique of cooperative sugar our bodies within the nation. Bharne had come into the limelight through the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, when a video of him threatening an NCP (Sharad Pawar) employee had gone viral.
Patil’s latest entry into the NCP (SP) has seen open rise up from leaders corresponding to Pravin Mane, Bharat Shah and Appasaheb Jagdale. Mane, who’s a former NCP (Ajit Pawar) Zilla Parishad member, converted to Sharad Pawar’s faction after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Jagdale, who is expounded to Patil, has claimed that he was promised the Indapur seat in 2019.
These leaders, who had both sided with Ajit Pawar through the 2024 Lok Sabha elections or had been with Patil, have determined to oppose Patil’s candidature. Their floor is that they require somebody who has been loyal to the NCP (Sharad Pawar) to contest the seat.
Indapur is without doubt one of the six meeting constituencies below Baramati and thus NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule has an curiosity on this constituency. In the course of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Sule had a major lead in Indapur, which Patil had claimed was his doing.
Sule’s win, Patil had claimed, was as a consequence of his ‘invisible’ hand however for his personal elections, the seen indicators of rise up doesn’t augur properly for him. Bharne comes from the Dhangar group, which has a large presence on this space. If Patil will not be capable of assuage the rise up in NCP (SP), Bharne has a major benefit to make a hat-trick. Sule had already held conferences with the NCP(SP) leaders, who’ve opposed Patil’s candidature. All eyes will likely be on how they react.
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