Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal today said the MLC election results are a warning sign for the ruling coalition in the state after the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) won three of the five seats.
Attacking the Shiv Sena (UBT) and its MP Sanjay Raut, Rane said the Opposition leader should tell the public how many of the three candidates fielded by the Shiv Sena (UBT) had won and how many votes they received. “The results are a matter of serious concern for the Mahayuti government and our own party. The BJP’s central leadership has taken note of the results and will seek an explanation from state president Ravindra Chavan to investigate whether the loss was driven by Mahayuti’s disputes or internal party factionalism. In the elections for the Teachers’ and Graduates’ constituencies, the Shiv Sena did not provide the expected support in Pune and Nagpur; in Pune, by extending support to Sachin Sanap at the last minute, the party undermined the unity of the Mahayuti, while the votes secured by the Shiv Sena in the Graduates’ constituency did not transfer to the BJP. “In this election, the UBT hid behind the Congress.
Because voting was conducted with ballot papers, raut launched a counterattack against the remarks made by the ruling party leaders, claiming the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Mahayuti had been wiped out in key strongholds. In Nagpur – the home city of Fadnavis, part of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s Lok Sabha constituency and the headquarters of the BJP’s ideological mentor the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – Congress candidate Abhijit Govindrao Wanjarri defeated his BJP rival Sudhakar Kohle by a margin of 3,271 votes. Earlier reporting noted: BJP Dominates UP And Karnataka In MLC Polls, Opposition Wins 3 In Maharashtra BJP Dominates UP And Karnataka In MLC Polls, Opposition Wins 3 In Maharashtra BJP Dominates UP And Karnataka In MLC Polls, Opposition Wins 3 In Maharashtra Earlier reporting noted: In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP won six of the 11 legislative council seats while the Samajwadi Party secured three In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP won six of the 11 legislative council seats while the Samajwadi Party secured three Earlier reporting noted: The BJP and its allies won a good number of seats in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka during the elections for 28 legislative council seats across four states, even as the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) pushed back in Maharashtra by retaining the Nagpur seat.
We have to analyse why such voters are moving away from us,” he said.
