Amid hypothesis of him quitting the Congress cropping up as soon as once more, former legislator Ravindra Dhangekar mentioned he would quickly be discussing together with his supporters the hypothesis relating to his future. “I don’t know why this speak of me quitting the Congress is cropping up. I’ve not taken any such resolution,” mentioned Dhangekar with out ruling out any additional choices on his political profession in future.
The speak of him becoming a member of Shiv Sena first cropped up after a gathering with occasion chief Uday Samant. “I had met Samant for private work. Final week I met the deputy chief minister as nicely for private work. Being in public life, I’ve to satisfy leaders for some or the opposite work,” he mentioned.
Final week, he wore a saffron material round his neck resulting in hypothesis that he was becoming a member of Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde. This was after the Congress had ignored him whereas appointing observers within the metropolis for civic polls.
Dhangekar mentioned he can be assembly his supporters quickly. “I misplaced the Lok Sabha and meeting elections final yr. Residents following particular ideology voted for me so I’ve to respect them. I’ll speak to supporters on why there may be hypothesis about me quitting the occasion,” he mentioned, including the motion of his supporters appears to be resulting in the hypothesis.
Dhangekar had received Kasba bypoll in 2023 by defeating Hemant Rasane of BJP within the BJP bastion. He later misplaced the Lok Sabha and meeting elections in 2024. Dhangekar had joined Congress in 2017 after quitting the MNS forward of civic polls. He began his political profession with Shiv Sena led by Balasaheb Thackeray and adopted Raj Thackeray after the formation of MNS.
