After win against Thorat, Amol Khatal says will put end to ‘reign of terror’ in Sangamner

“Sangamner had remained successful the grip of radical who person unleashed terror…This has happened for years. Now that I person been elected, I volition guarantee that radical are freed from the authorities of slavery and are capable to respire freely. I volition efficaciously enactment an extremity to the reign of terror,” Khatal told The Indian Express.

Khatal, who was with BJP, was fielded by Shiv Sena from Sangamner aft the spot went to the enactment led by Chief Minister Ekanth Shinde successful the Mahayuti spot -sharing arrangement.

Khatal alleged that Thorat, his adjacent associates and his enactment leaders person been indulging successful activities which were against the involvement of Sangamner and its people. “Several of Thorat’s associates are indulging successful amerciable activities. They person created panic successful Sangamner and person ever remained scot-free. I volition guarantee that they are enactment successful their close place. I volition enactment relentlessly for the radical of Sangamner and assistance them unrecorded with pridefulness and dignity,” said the 41-year-old leader, who is the lad of a husbandman and utilized to tally a cyber cafe successful Sangamner.

The triumph of Khatal triggered celebrations not lone successful Sangamner but besides successful the neigbhouring Shirdi spot wherever BJP campaigner Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil won for the eighth consecutive time.

Khatal is adjacent to the Vikhe-Patil household successful Ahiliyanagar. Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil’s lad Sujay Vikhe-Patil had mislaid the Ahilyanagar (earlier Ahmednagar) spot successful the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Sujay Vikhe-Patil campy alleged that Thorat had a large relation to play successful his decision and had vowed to deed backmost during the Assembly election.

Sujay had led Khatal’s campaigning from the beforehand holding arsenic galore arsenic six rallies.

“I privation to convey the full Vikhe-Patil family. They campaigned relentlessly for me…The rallies held by Sujay helped maine a large deal,” Khatal said.

Asked whether helium has taken revenge for the decision of Sujay Vikhe-Patil successful the Lok Sabha election, Khatal said,”No I person not avenged the decision of Sujay. The radical of Sangamner person done that…”

Khatal alleged that Thorat was the MLA and curate for implicit 40 years but miserably failed to code the cardinal issues affecting the radical of Sangamner.

“When I toured the villages and hamlets, I realised the radical present are suffering from galore problems… Be it the acute shortage of water, wellness facilities, roads, the radical are warring connected each fronts. I americium the lad of a husbandman and cognize the symptom that they are suffering. I volition enactment successful mightiness to resoluteness the grievances of the radical of Sangamner,” helium said.

Asked astir the assertion by Thorat campy that Sangamner metropolis does not look h2o problem, Khatal said, “Entire Sangamner is battling with acute shortage of water. Thorat ne'er worked for improvement of Sangamner. He worked lone successful his involvement and for the payment of his adjacent ones.”

Meanwhile, astatine the Thorat camp, his nephew Satyajeet Tambe said, “Thorat’s decision has travel a large daze for us. We are inactive analysing what went wrong.”

Sources adjacent to Thorat said helium is improbable to contention elections successful future. ”Even successful this election, helium wanted to tract his daughter, but had a alteration of mind. He mightiness not contention elections successful future,” a Congress person said.