A BJP person said determination was nary formidable hostile successful 3 seats of Kothrud, Parvati, and Shivajinagar, truthful the BJP candidates volition triumph these seats by a immense margin. (Express photo)
A time aft the polling, governmental parties and their candidates got engaged with analysing the voting inclination successful the 8 assembly constituencies successful Pune, with the Mahayuti hoping for a cleanable expanse based connected accrued turnout and the MVA claiming triumph successful astatine slightest 4 seats, citing nationalist effect during the predetermination campaign.
Pune metropolis has 8 assembly seats, of which 5 were held by BJP — Chandrakant Patil successful Kothrud, Siddhartha Shirole successful Shivajinagar, Madhuri Misal successful Parvati, Sunil Kamble successful Pune Cantonment, and Bhimrao Tapkir successful Khadakwasla — portion 2 seats were held by its confederation spouse Ajit Pawar-led NCP. They included Sunil Tingre successful Vadgaon Sheri and Chetan Tupe successful Hadapsar.
The absorption campy held lone 1 spot of Kasba Peth, represented by Ravindra Dhangekar of the Congress.
BJP campaigner Hemant Rasane said the enactment volition proceed to clasp its clasp successful metropolis authorities and volition triumph each seats. “I volition triumph the Kasba Peth seat. I americium going with what the nationalist is saying truthful I americium relaxed now,” helium said.
Another BJP person said determination was nary formidable hostile successful 3 seats of Kothrud, Parvati, and Shivajinagar, truthful the BJP candidates volition triumph these seats by a immense margin.
“There volition beryllium immoderate contention successful the Kasbapeth, Pune Cantonment, and Khadakwasla seats but the part of votes volition guarantee our victory,” said the BJP person expressing assurance that Hadapsar and Vadgaon Sheri seats volition beryllium won by NCP, which got the afloat enactment of the BJP cadre.
NCP assured of retaining Hadapsar and Vadgaonsheri
NCP’s Pune city moving president Pradeep Deshmukh said his enactment volition clasp some the seats of Hadapsar and Vadgaonsheri.
“The practice of cadres of each confederation partners with each different volition guarantee triumph successful each 8 seats successful Pune. The NCP has arsenic campaigned for the BJP candidates successful six seats, truthful each the Mahayuti candidates are definite to win,” helium said.
Congress spokesperson Ramesh Iyer said the enactment volition triumph each 3 seats — Pune Cantonment, Kasbapeth, and Shivajinagar — it is contesting successful the city. “The Congress besides enactment up a batch of effort to guarantee triumph of candidates of confederation partners,” helium said adding the MVA volition bring an extremity to the dominance of BJP successful metropolis politics.
An NCP (SP) person said that the NCP (SP) and the Congress volition triumph astatine slightest 2 seats successful the metropolis portion the Shiv Sena volition triumph the lone spot it is contesting. The MVA volition person much legislators than Mahayuti successful the city, helium said.
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