NCP(SP)’s Bapu Saheb Pathare beat NCP’s Sunil Tingre by 4,710 votes to win the Vadgaon Sheri meeting seat. That is the one seat received by the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Pune Metropolis and Pimpri-Chinchwad, with the BJP-NCP alliance sweeping away all different seats.
“The Porsche case had an enormous impact. I really feel Tingre misplaced 50-80% votes due to it. He by no means was within the Vadgaon Sheri space, solely after he acquired the nomination he began coming, whereas Pathare had made a base within the space as he used to go to usually,” stated a resident from Chandan Nagar in Vadgaon Sheri on the situation of anonymity.
Tingre was concerned within the notorious Porsche case earlier this 12 months when a minor’s automotive allegedly mowed down two IT engineers. Tingre had arrived on the police station the place the alleged criminals have been taken in the course of the night time and was accused of defending them.
One other Vadgaon Sheri resident stated, “When the Porsche case occurred, we noticed the MLA’s title within the information and he was perceived to be supporting the accused juvenile. That might be the explanation he misplaced as his title was throughout. Despite the fact that he has accomplished some improvement work in my space, he has constructed a wonderful backyard, this case did him in I believe.”
In 2019, Tingre had received Vadgaon Sheri by beating Jagdish Mulik of the BJP by a comparable margin of 4,975 votes. On this election, the place the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance confirmed an outstanding efficiency within the state and the town, Tingre’s loss stands out as an exception.
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