Pimpri Assembly seat: In NCP versus NCP fight, BJP rebel threatens to rock their boat

On the different hand, Anna Bansode was facing beardown opposition from his ain enactment leaders and erstwhile corporators. Several leaders had approached Deputy Chief Minister and NCP nationalist president Ajit Pawar to tract immoderate different candidates from Pimpri.

At a property league earlier this week, NCP president Yogesh Behl conceded that enactment leaders had opposed Bansode’s nomination, who passim his tenure remained nether occurrence for remaining unavailable and inaccessible to citizens of Pimpri, who faced respective inconveniences ranging from h2o shortage to chaotic postulation issues.

Sources successful the NCP said Ajit Pawar preferred Bansode successful presumption of his idiosyncratic loyalty to him. ”During the 2019 rebellion staged by Ajit Pawar, Anna Bansode was the lone MLA who remained with him 24X7 portion each others left..Utlimately, Ajit Pawar has fixed weightage to loyalty factor,” said an NCP leader.

Meanwhile, erstwhile BJP corporator Seeema Sawale, who had been campaining for Pimpri spot for the past 3 months, said though she is disheartened by the information that she was denied a ticket, she has decided to contention the Assembly predetermination from the aforesaid seat.

”I person slogged for voters of Pimpri for implicit 5 years. I person been perpetually successful interaction with the voters. I person ever rushed distant whenever they sought my help,” said Sawale adding that she volition record her information papers by Monday.

Sawale said she wants to encash connected the choler of voters against the sitting MLA. ”There is disenchantment among voters with the sitting MLA. This, I think, volition enactment to my advantage,” she said.

When contacted, NCP (S-P) spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said, ”The enactment tract candidates aft considering each aspects. The enactment ever looks astatine the elective merit of the candidates. We don’t prime candidates connected the ground of loyalty factor,” helium said.

During the seat-sharing discussions, the Shiv Sena (UBT) was besides trying to get the seat. Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut said the spot was with the enactment erstwhile it was successful confederation with the BJP. ”However, the NCP, which had been winning the seat, insisted that it wants to tract its candidate. We had a beardown campaigner successful Gautam Chabukswar…But we could not tract him arsenic the spot went to our ally,” helium said.

The RPI (A) was besides demanding that the Pimpri spot should beryllium fixed to the party. RPI (A) nationalist president Ramdas Athavale himself had been pursuing Ajit Pawar to tract erstwhile corporator Chandrakanta Sonkamble from Pimpri seat.

”There were respective aspirants who wanted to contention the spot connected our summons but the enactment has picked Anna Bansode. We volition run for his victory,” said Athavale.