Maharashtra Meeting elections: Congress prone to renominate Sanjay Jagtap as NCP, Shiv Sena splits to have direct affect in Purandar | Pune Information

The Congress will probably renominate Jagtap as its candidate, whereas Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is all set to area former state minister Vijay Shivtare. Jagtap is assured about his victory, impressed by Supriya Sule’s convincing win from the NCP (SP) within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. She secured a victory over Sunetra Pawar, additionally from the NCP, led by Ajit Pawar, profitable by a margin of 158,333 votes.

“The robust presence of Congress and followers of NCP (SP) together with the help of Shiv Sena (UBT) will assist Jagtap retain the seat,” mentioned a Congress chief. “Shivtare made a number of noise in opposition to the Ajit Pawar-led NCP forward of Lok Sabha elections, so he is not going to get the help of the alliance associate,” the Congress chief mentioned, including that Jagtap had finished a number of work within the constituency which was recognised on the nationwide stage with Swachh awards.

In the meantime, Shivtate is working exhausting to regain the seat he misplaced in 2019 after serving as MLA for one time period. “I wish to guarantee deliberate improvement of the Purandar constituency. There’s a want for a separate municipal company for the world alongside Pune Municipal Company (PMC), and I’m going to push for it,” he mentioned.

Shivtare mentioned the worldwide airport proposed within the constituency would convey additional regional improvement. He’s banking on the help of alliance companions—Ajit Pawar-led NCP and the BJP. “I’ve managed to get improvement initiatives for the constituency whereas the sitting legislator has not contributed something to the expansion of the world,” he mentioned.