Raj Thackeray’s son Amit political debut flops, fails to make a mark in Mahim

The Mahim contention was peculiarly dramatic. Sarvankar was initially pressured to retreat successful favour of Amit Thackeray aft the BJP offered tacit enactment to the MNS candidate. However, Raj Thackeray’s refusal to prosecute with Sarvankar, though his lad visited Thackeray’s residence, led to a fractured equation, and Sarvankar decided to enactment successful the race.

Unlike his relative Aaditya Thackeray, who has been a salient and dynamic look of the Shiv Sena, Amit Thackeray’s foray into progressive authorities lacked the aforesaid resonance. While helium campaigned extensively with his woman and family, helium failed to link with voters meaningfully oregon capitalize connected the bequest of his father.

The Mahim nonaccomplishment wasn’t the lone stroke for the MNS. Prominent candidates from the party, including Avinash Jadhav successful Thane and incumbent Kalyan agrarian legislator Pramod Patil, suffered humiliating defeats.

Jadhav mislaid by a staggering 77,477 votes, portion Patil, a uncommon agleam spot for the enactment successful the 2019 elections, mislaid by implicit 66,000 votes. Sandeep Deshpande, a erstwhile corporator, came a distant 3rd successful Worli against Aaditya Thackeray, nephew of Raj Thackeray, trailing by astir 44,000 votes.

The MNS’s ballot stock has dwindled to a meager 1.60%, with respective candidates failing to unafraid adjacent 1,000 votes, thereby besides losing their deposits successful this assembly election.

This crisp diminution is simply a acold outcry from the MNS’s promising debut successful 2009 erstwhile it won 13 seats and marked an content successful Maharashtra politics. Founded successful 2006 connected the level of championing the rights of the “Marathi manoos,” the enactment initially garnered important support, particularly aft its assertive campaigns against North Indian migrants successful 2008.

However, the years since person seen the MNS conflict with inconsistent messaging and erratic alliances. From supporting the BJP-Shiv Sena confederation during 1 predetermination to vehemently opposing it successful another, the enactment has near voters confused astir its semipermanent agenda.