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  • Shinde vs MVA over Kasba Peth – ‘BJP lost one bypoll, but won 3 states’

    Shinde vs MVA over Kasba Peth – ‘BJP lost one bypoll, but won 3 states’

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    Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday tore into the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawars statement that the “common mans government was defeated by the masses in the Kasba Peth Assembly bypoll”.

    Speaking on the motion of thanks to Governor Ramesh Bais’ address, Shinde said that merely one seat is not Maharashtra and “those who lose by-elections sweep the general elections”.

    Taking a jibe at Ajit Pawar, the CM said the MVA is celebrating its victory in just one bypoll, but it forgets that the BJP has won three states (Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura).

    He said the BJP has a history of losing bypolls and then winning Assembly elections, citing the example of Uttar Pradesh where the party lost four bypolls, but swept the entire state, and even in Maharashtra.

    Shinde said he was thankful for losing the Kasba Peth bypoll as they have learnt some lessons from the defeat and will now work harder to win the hearts of the people there.

    Referring to Ajit Pawar’s tweets that despite many bigwigs campaigning, contacting with the masses, the CM holding roadshows etc., the BJP candidate lost Kasba Peth to the Congress-MVA nominee, Shinde countered that even Sharad Pawar and other MVA leaders had held so many meetings there.

    Hitting out at the Congress, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi held roadshows in Gujarat and won the state, while Rahul Gandhi held roadshows in the northeastern states, but lost in all three, and “you don’t see the same common man who vanquished you in Chinchwad” (won by the BJP on Thursday).

    Shinde also snubbed Ajit Pawar for making a political speech on the Governor’s address, saying it’s the result of losing power “which has clouded his vision and he cannot see the good performance of (his) government”.

    The CM, while defending his government for working without keeping the elections in mind, accused Ajit Pawar of acting like a spokesperson of Shiv Sena (UBT), and advised him not to become a die-hard Shiv Sainik’ and allow others also to do their work.

    Shinde emphatically reiterated that “we are the Shiv Sena, and with the BJP, and the Shiv Sena-BJP had contested the elections together (in 2019)”.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • BJP’s ‘use and throw’ policy behind its defeat in Kasba Assembly bypoll, says Uddhav

    BJP’s ‘use and throw’ policy behind its defeat in Kasba Assembly bypoll, says Uddhav

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    Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the bypoll to the Kasba Peth Assembly constituency in Maharashtra’s Pune city because of its “use and throw” policy.

    The ruling BJP on Thursday failed to retain the Kasba seat, its stronghold, as Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar defeated the saffron party nominee Hemant Rasane in the bypoll. The BJP held this Assembly segment for 28 years. Girish Bapat, the current BJP MP from Pune, represented the seat five times till 2019.

    Dhangekar polled 73,194 votes while Rasane received 62,244 votes, as per figures provided by the Election Commission.

    Speaking to reporters on the election results, Thackeray said, “I am happy that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate has won the Kasba Peth assembly segment. It is the outcome of the BJP’s policy of use and throw. They treated us this way and now even ticket was not given to a family member of late MLA Mukta Tilak.”

    In 2019, BJP’s Tilak had won the seat. She died after battling cancer in December 2022, which necessitated the by-election in the constituency.

    “They made MP Girish Bapat take part in the campaign although he was extremely sick. They want sympathy but very selectively. The voters do not accept this kind of behaviour,” he said.

    When asked about Chief Minister Eknath Shinde calling opposition leaders anti-nationals, he said, “Opposition leaders were invited (to the tea party hosted on the eve of the legislature session on Sunday) by the chief minister himself. Had the opposition parties attended the tea party, would he have still called them anti-nationals?”

    On Sunday, on the eve of the Budget session of the state legislature, the opposition had boycotted the customary tea party hosted by CM Shinde. Later, referring to the opposition’s boycott, Shinde said it saved him from having tea with “anti-nationals”. He had said it was good that the opposition members did not turn up for the tea party as some of them have ties with terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )