A day forward of the counting of votes for the Maharashtra Meeting elections, NCP(SP)’s Yugendra Pawar, who’s contesting towards his uncle Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Friday mentioned that he was assured of securing his maiden victory from the Baramati Meeting seat.
Nonetheless, Yugendra added that the battle is probably going go right down to the wire.
“It will be a detailed battle. I believe it is going to go right down to the wire, one thing which has by no means occurred up to now,” Yugendra instructed The Indian Categorical.
Baramati MP and NCP(SP) chief Supriya Sule, too, mentioned that it will likely be a “shut battle”. “I believe it will likely be shut and tight battle.. In a detailed battle, something can occur… It can go both method.” she mentioned.
Since 1967, the Pawar household has by no means misplaced the Baramati seat, each in Meeting and Lok Sabha elections. NCP veteran Sharad Pawar has himself received Baramati Meeting and Lok Sabha seats a complete of 14 occasions.
Whereas Ajit Pawar has received from the Baramati Meeting seat seven occasions and Baramati Lok Sabha seat as soon as, Sule has been the Lok Sabha MP from Baramati 4 occasions. On the exit polls, Yugendra mentioned: “A number of the exit ballot outcomes are displaying my victory, some are displaying the victory of my uncle. In any case, I’m assured of the victory.”
Yugendra, son of Sriniwas Pawar, elder brother of Ajit Pawar, mentioned that a number of components would contribute to his victory.
“The in the beginning is Pawar saheb. Individuals of Baramati have a particular place for him of their hearts. Throughout my campaigning, my emphasis was on Pawar saheb’s contribution to the event of Baramati. However after he gave up, the event of Baramati has slowed down. Jobs are few and much. No new industrial unit has come up in final a number of years and the water shortage continues… I sought votes for shielding the ”swabhiman” (self-respect) of Pawar saheb,” he mentioned.
Yugendra mentioned that he had additionally highlighted his imaginative and prescient for pushing the event of Baramati throughout campaigning.
“I acquired the chance to go to every village… One of many guarantees that I’ve made to the children of Baramati establishing of IT hub in Baramati like Pune’s Hinjewadi. It will be certain that youth from Bamarati would not have to go to different cities and states for jobs,” he mentioned.
Sule mentioned that in the course of the Lok Sabha elections too — she had contested towards Ajit Pawar’s spouse Sunetra Pawar— they had been pondering that it might be shut battle.
“But it surely turned out to be one-sided one. We hope identical factor occurs this time… Baramati voters had given me a lead of 48,000 even if the oppostion had gone all out to woo them,” she mentioned.
On their half, the NCP leaders mentioned they’re assured of Ajit Pawar’s victory. “Our nationwide president has received the seat seven consecutive occasions. He has additionally received the seat Baramati Lok Sabha seat as soon as. He’s admired throughout Maharashtra for his management qualities. He has labored relentlessly for the event of Baramati. If he’s fielded anyplace within the state, he’ll nonetheless win. We’ve little doubt about his victory from Baramti,” mentioned NCP spokesperson Sanjay Tatkare.
Tatkare dimissed the opportunity of the Baramati election taking place to the wire. “Ajit Pawar will win by a margin of over 50,000 votes…In 2019, he had received by a file margin of 1.67 lakh votes,” he mentioned.
