Only one out of 11 corporators who were in the poll fray makes it to State Assembly

Hemant Rasane from the BJP, who served arsenic a corporator successful the erstwhile term, got elected from Kasbapeth assembly constituency successful his 2nd attempt. He had contested the bypoll past twelvemonth aft the decease of sitting BJP legislator Mukta Tilak but was defeated by Congress corporator Ravindra Dhangekar.

“I person promised the radical present that I volition enactment for the improvement of Kasbapeth… I volition archetypal absorption connected making Kasbapeth constituency garbage-free,” said Rasane.

In 2019, arsenic galore arsenic 5 sitting corporators–the highest of each time–were elected to the Maharashtra Assembly which included Sunil Tingre of NCP from Vadgaonsheri, Chetan Tupe of NCP from Hadapsar, Mukta Tilak of BJP from Kasbapeth, Siddhartha Shirole of BJP from Shivajinagar and Sunil Kamble of BJP from Pune Cantonment.

In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections, 3 corporators–three candidates of the BJP Medha Kulkarni from Kothrud, Vijay Kale from Shivajinagar and Yogesh Tilekar from Hadapsar, were elected.

In 2009, 4 sitting corporators made it to authorities assembly. BJP’s Madhuri Misal from Parvati assembly constituency, Chandrakant Mokate and Mahadeo Babar of the Shiv Sena from Kothrud and Hadapsar constituencies respectively and NCP’s Bapu Pathare from Vadgaonsheri were elected. BJP’s Bhimrao Tapkir got elected successful a bypoll from Khadakwasla.

This year, retired of the 11 candidates who served lone arsenic corporators successful the past but contested the assembly polls this time, lone Rasane was elected to the authorities assembly.

Those who didnt marque it included Ulhas Bagul, Kamal Vyavhare, Ashwini Kadam, Prashant Jagtap, Sachin Dodke, Sainath Babar, Kishor Shinde, Datta Bahirat, Manish Anand and Kiran Dagde Patil.

“I had sought to contention connected a enactment summons and considering my acquisition arsenic a corporator, I wanted to service arsenic a legislator. I volition effort my luck adjacent time,” said Bagul.

Former politician Jagtap said helium had to contention the assembly elections for self-esteem, considering the governmental concern successful the state. “It was pugnacious combat successful which I mislaid and I americium arrogant of myself to person contested the polls,” helium said aft the defeat.