How cardiologist Dr Babasaheb Dehmukh won back Sangola

The gaunt fig of Ganpatrao was synonymous with Marxist Leninist PWPI which erstwhile had implicit 20 MLAs successful the State Assembly. In 2019, Shahajibapu Patil of the then-undivided Sena won the spot defeating Babasaheb’s member Aniket by a constrictive margin. While Shahajibapu went connected to articulation the Sena’s Eknath Shinde faction, Babasaheb said helium came backmost to Sangole to guarantee his grandfather’s bequest carries on. “I did not person to bash overmuch – the spade enactment was each done by him. All I had to bash was to guarantee radical we volition proceed his work,” helium said.

Thus, by allowing the creaseless functioning of cooperative institutions similar the spinning mills and cooperative dairy, Babasaheb ensured that elections to the bodies were carried retired unanimously.

“Only for the women’s spinning mill we held an predetermination which PWP won 25-0,” helium said.

When it came to contesting the Assembly seat, the mantle fell connected him to transportation the party’s reddish flag. “Initally we wanted to person an electoral knowing with MVA, but that did not materialise and Sena (UBT) gave the summons to Dipak Salunkhe, a erstwhile NCP (undivided) MLA,” helium said.

Ganapatrao, whose authorities transcended enactment lines, was fondly called Abasaheb successful the area. While being a subordinate of PWP, helium was known to person supported Sharad Pawar erstwhile the second stood for Madha Lok Sabha seat. Annasaheb said it was his grandfather’s hard enactment that helped him triumph elections against some Mahayuti and MVA.

“My lone superior was the transportation I had built with radical successful the past 3–5 years. I was determination erstwhile they needed maine – and they stood by maine similar a rock. If MVA had not placed a campaigner to contest, I would person won by a overmuch larger margin,” helium said. The authorities of the Left, with its accent connected issues of farmers, workers and the communal man, the cardiologist said, was the request of the hr arsenic the economical disagreement continues to widen. “I volition beryllium the dependable of the radical successful the House and crossed the state,” helium said.