Mahayuti internal strife: Bhujbal nephew to take on Shinde Sena candidate in Nandgaon

In his resignation letter, Sameer stated that helium felt compelled to contention arsenic an autarkic owed to the demands of Nandgaon residents.

“Over the past 5 years, the ambiance successful this constituency has go precise toxic, and the citizens present are surviving successful fear.

Nandgaon’s workers, office-bearers, and citizens person personally met maine and expressed their concerns. Considering the increasing demands of Nandgaon’s citizens and the ambiance of fear, I person decided to contention the upcoming Assembly elections to bring astir change,” helium said.

Sameer’s candidacy highlights the ongoing feud betwixt Suhas Kande and elder NCP person Chaggan Bhujbal, a struggle that has persisted contempt galore attempts astatine mediation by Mahayuti leaders. For the Bhujbals, Kande is seen arsenic an upstart who challenged their long-standing dominance successful Nandgaon, a constituency antecedently represented by Bhujbal’s son, Pankaj, for 2 presumption successful 2009 and 2014. Kande, who mislaid to Pankaj successful 2014, claimed triumph successful 2019 by implicit 14,000 votes.

Kande’s governmental travel has been marked by upheaval. Initially aligned with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), helium was erstwhile considered adjacent to the Bhujbals. However, his power to the Shiv Sena led to escalating tensions, peculiarly aft the enactment of the MVA authorities and Bhujbal’s assignment arsenic Nashik’s guardian minister.

Kande perceived Bhujbal arsenic holding a grudge against him for defeating his son, starring to respective nationalist confrontations betwixt them during authorities meetings.

Kande adjacent approached the Bombay High Court successful September 2021, seeking the removal of Chhagan Bhujbal arsenic Nashik’s guardian minister.

He raised questions astir wherefore the Anti-Corruption Bureau had not contested the Bhujbals’ discharge successful the Maharashtra Sadan scam case.

The divided successful the Shiv Sena and the emergence of the Eknath Shinde-led authorities placed Kande and Bhujbal successful opposing governmental camps, though the inclusion of Ajit Pawar’s faction of the NCP successful the authorities authorities brought them backmost onto the aforesaid governmental spectrum. Despite this, their rivalry remains unyielding. During the Lok Sabha elections, Kande accused Bhujbal of undermining the BJP candidate.

Sameer’s determination to contention is perceived arsenic a strategical determination by the Bhujbal household to politically undermine Kande. While Chaggan Bhujbal, who has been nominated by the NCP from the neighboring Yevla constituency, has refrained from commenting connected Sameer’s decision, insiders suggest it has his tacit approval.

These developments bespeak the Mahayuti leaders’ conflict to code the discontent brewing wrong a conjugation of leaders from divers governmental backgrounds. Kande, undeterred, expressed his readiness to contention against immoderate subordinate of the Bhujbal family.

“In my view, some Sameer and Pankaj are politically inexperienced. I americium prepared to look Chaggan Bhujbal arsenic well, and I volition look victorious,” Kande asserted.