Dr Rahul Aher, a two-time sitting BJP MLA, made a shocking public announcement on Thursday together with his cousin Keda Aher, requesting that the BJP excessive command not grant him a ticket for the upcoming Maharashtra Meeting elections 2024.
As a substitute, he urged the social gathering to appoint Keda because the candidate for the Chandwad Meeting seat. Whereas this gesture appeared to strengthen Keda’s declare, the BJP stunned many by selecting to renominate Rahul regardless of his reluctance to spark a political feud throughout the household.
Rahul has represented Chandwad, a BJP stronghold in Nashik District, for 2 phrases, with the social gathering successful this seat in 5 of the final eight elections. He’s the son of the late Dr Daulatrao Aher, a former Maharashtra well being minister and BJP MLA. Although Rahul was fielded because the candidate for Chandwad in 2014, a lot of his political work has been managed by Keda, who serves because the director of the Nationwide Agricultural Cooperative Advertising and marketing Federation (Nafed) India and is a former President of the Nashik district BJP.
Since 2019, Keda has expressed a robust want to contest the Meeting elections however backed down that yr on account of directives from the BJP excessive command. Nonetheless, he ramped up strain this time, insisting on an opportunity within the upcoming 2024 elections.
His insistence and strain on his cousin prompted Rahul to make a public assertion on October 17, declaring his disinterest in working for re-election. “I’ve taken permission from my seniors and knowledgeable them that I don’t want to be renominated. I’ve really helpful my brother Keda Aher as a nominee as an alternative,” Rahul stated.
Nonetheless, simply 72 hours after this announcement, the BJP management launched its first listing of candidates on Sunday night, which included the renomination of Rahul. The BJP’s first listing of 99 candidates for Maharashtra Meeting elections 2024 options 71 sitting MLAs, together with Rahul.
This determination to subject Rahul once more has not been nicely acquired by Keda, who’s presently pushing the BJP to rethink and has indicated that he is not going to again down simply. The management’s failure to appease him might result in a political feud and potential rise up throughout the Aher household, complicating the BJP’s place in a constituency that has traditionally proven robust help for the social gathering.
The Maharashtra Meeting elections to elect 288 MLAs will happen in a single part on November 20. The votes are to be counted on November 23.
