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The determination was taken unanimously astatine a gathering of Congress leaders and office-bearers successful the Shivajinagar Assembly constituency. (File Photo)
Congress leaders successful the Shivajinagar Assembly constituency person decided to reason immoderate determination of the enactment enactment to springiness the summons to erstwhile enactment leaders who had joined rival parties and present privation to leap vessel again earlier the forthcoming Maharashtra polls.
The determination was taken unanimously astatine a gathering of Congress leaders and office-bearers successful the Shivajinagar Assembly constituency.
“Congress person Rahul Gandhi has instructed that the enactment should not induct opportunistic leaders of different governmental parties who sensing a alteration successful powerfulness volition effort to articulation Congress. Thus, the enactment should not induct leaders of different parties astatine the past infinitesimal successful Congress and besides should not springiness candidature to them successful Shivajinagar,” reads a solution of the Shivajinagar enactment unit.
Congress summons aspirants from Shivajinagar – Datta Bahirat, Manish Anand, and Deepti Choudhary – person besides expressed absorption to the enactment enactment against inducting leaders from different parties into the section enactment unit.
“Many opportunists near Congress and joined the BJP aft 2014… The loyal enactment workers fought against those who wanted to decorativeness disconnected Congress,” a section Congress person said.
“The opportunist leaders person realised that Congress has go the prime of voters pursuing its show successful the Lok Sabha elections. These leaders are again trying to get to the close broadside of powerfulness successful their idiosyncratic involvement by rejoining Congress. These leaders who present privation to articulation the enactment had worked hard to decision the Congress campaigner successful the Lok Sabha predetermination and had enactment up hoardings congratulating the elected BJP MP,” helium added.
The Shivajinagar Assembly seat, which falls successful the Pune district, is presently represented by BJP legislator Siddharth Shirole. Congress campaigner Datta Bahirat had mislaid the spot by a constrictive borderline past clip but this clip Congress is assured of winning the seat. Sources said that erstwhile Congress corporator Sunny Nimhan who joined the BJP a fewer years agone is seemingly trying to get the Congress summons from Shivajinagar arsenic determination is small accidental of him being picked by the saffron party.
The Maharashtra Assembly elections are owed aboriginal this year.
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