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Siddharth Shirole, Prashant Jagtap and Aba Bagul were besides caught successful a whirl of idiosyncratic meetings and attending telephone calls connected the eve of November 20 voting day. (X)
After weeks of aggravated electioneering successful Maharashtra, astir candidates crossed 8 Assembly segments successful Pune metropolis were caught successful a whirl of idiosyncratic meetings and attending telephone calls connected the eve of November 20 voting day. At the aforesaid clip they ensured that they took retired immoderate clip for their families, got capable rest, and went for agelong walks oregon sweated it retired astatine the tennis court.
Some candidates successful Shivajinagar, Hadapsar, Parvati, Cantonment, Kasba Peth, Kothrud, Khadakwasla, and Wadgaonsheri took little respite from hectic campaigning that ended connected Monday evening to drawback up with their sleep. For many, Tuesday was besides a time of reflection, conversations, bully nutrient and airy banter.
“I needed a alteration from the engaged campaigning and aboriginal this greeting went to Fergusson College wherever I had a bully crippled of tennis. This was followed by a leisurely meal and volition commencement gathering radical later,” Siddharth Shirole, BJP campaigner from Shivajinagar, said connected Tuesday.
Prashant Jagtap, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) campaigner from Hadapsar, has decided to give a fewer hours to getting capable sleep. “In the past 19 days it has been precise hectic and I would slumber lone for 2 hours. I rested for 4 hours and began my time by visiting temples and offering prayers and breaking my fast,” helium said.
For Aba Bagul, Independent campaigner from Parvati, Tuesday was much of household clip arsenic each 35 members successful his household gathered for immoderate bully cooking and airy banter. Manish Anand, different Independent campaigner from Shivajinagar Assembly, has acceptable isolated clip to marque telephone calls and chill retired with friends. “I anticipation to spot a movie if I can,” helium mentioned.
Ashwini Kadam, NCP-SP campaigner from Parvati, was capable to navigator pohe for her son. “There is nary ‘me time’. However, contiguous I decided to conscionable my friends and conscionable unwind implicit a cupful of coffee,” Kadam said.
Ramesh Bagwe, Congress campaigner from Cantonment Assembly segment, offered his greeting prayers and went for a agelong locomotion astatine the Vaidya stadium (Bhawani Peth). “It is important to besides enactment steadfast and fit,” helium said, portion joining his acquaintances astatine the stadium. Bagwe has besides scheduled meetings with salient personalities successful the city.
Sunil Kamble, BJP campaigner from Cantonment, has fixed appointments with immoderate of the city’s noted experts. “I had immoderate booth level meetings and volition soon conscionable immoderate of the eminent radical from assorted walks of life,” Kamble said.
At Kasba Peth Assembly segment, Congress campaigner Ravindra Dhangekar said helium has ne'er taken a interruption successful his 30 years’ work to people. “I met immoderate friends astatine Mandai (vegetable market) and americium present attending telephone calls,” helium added.
The counting of votes for 288 Assembly constituencies volition beryllium held connected November 23.
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