Stating {that a} staunch Hindutva chief like him has been sidelined by the BJP, the social gathering’s Pune metropolis chief Dheeraj Ghate on Saturday slammed the social gathering after he was denied the ticket to contest the upcoming Maharashtra Meeting elections from the Kasba seat.
Within the checklist of candidates declared by the BJP on Saturday, sitting legislator Bhimrao Tapkir was given a ticket for the fourth time consecutive time from Khadakwasla seat, sitting MLA Sunil Kamble was fielded a second time consecutively from Pune Cantonment and former corporator Hemant Rasane has been fielded for the second time from Kasba, regardless of failing to retain the BJP bastion within the bypoll final yr.
Ghate has been looking for a celebration ticket for a few years from Kasba meeting seat and was hopeful to get a chance, contemplating his contribution to the social gathering as a loyal employee and at present because the social gathering’s metropolis unit chief. “You desire a Hindutva authorities however don’t desire a Hindutva activist for 30 years as a candidate,” Ghate tweeted instantly after the BJP declared Rasane because the candidate from Kasba seat.
Based on sources near him, Ghate is not going to insurgent towards the social gathering however needs to specific his displeasure to the social gathering management.
Ghate is a staunch Hindutva chief and was elected as a corporator to the Pune Municipal Company (PMC) in 2017. He was made Chief of Home within the civic physique by the BJP after it got here to energy. He was later changed abruptly however made the BJP’s Pune unit chief.
The BJP had received the Kasba seat for previous few many years however misplaced the seat within the bypoll to Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar.
Earlier, social gathering aspirants Srinath Bhimale had expressed displeasure for being ignored to contest the Parvati seat because the BJP declared the candidature of sitting legislator Madhuri Misal for the fourth time consecutively. Amol Balwadkar too was upset for the therapy given to him by social gathering leaders after he sought candidature from Kothrud meeting seat by difficult sitting BJP veteram Chandrakant Patil.
The BJP additionally declined ticket to Deepak Nagpure in Khadakwasla, who was projecting himself as a Hindutva chief forward of the Meeting elections.
Former metropolis BJP chief Jagdish Mulik too has expressed displeasure for not being the social gathering’s choose to contest the Vadgaonsheri seat, which he had received in 2014 however misplaced in 2019. The seat is being contested by alliance NCP, which has fielded sitting legislator Sunil Tingre for the constituency.
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