With Monday being the final day to withdraw nominations for the Maharashtra Meeting elections, the state Congress is attempting to persuade three insurgent leaders in Pune to drag out of the race however their efforts are but to repay.
The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance is going through a riot within the Shivajinagar, Parvati and Kasba Peth seats in Pune. The Congress is contesting two of the three seats, and the Nationalist Congress Occasion (Sharadchandra Pawar), the third.
In Kasba Peth, former mayor Kamal Vyavahare has filed her nomination regardless that the Congress has fielded sitting MLA Ravindra Dhangekar, who had snatched the seat from the BJP for the primary time in three a long time within the bypoll held final yr.
Whereas Congress chief Aba Bagul, the incumbent vice-president of the occasion, has filed his nomination from Parvati, Manish Anand, the previous vice-president of the Khadki Cantonment Board, has filed his nomination papers from the Shivajinagar Meeting seat.
Our efforts to get the rebels to withdraw from the fray are underway. From MPCC chief Nana Patole to Congress Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala to former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, all of them have spoken to the rebels and urged them to withdraw. Up to now, the rebels are in no temper to withdraw. However earlier than 3 pm, we’re assured they are going to,” Arvind Shinde, president of the Pune Metropolis Congress, mentioned.
“Solely Arvind Shinde (Pune Congress chief) got here to my workplace for 5 minutes. We didn’t meet. No different Congress chief has contacted me…I’m agency on contesting the seat. It will likely be a pleasant struggle,” Bagul mentioned.
The Maharashtra Meeting elections will probably be held on November 20.
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