Major blow to MVA Govt! BJP crushes MVA in MLC polls, wins 4 out of 6 seats
MVA alliance comprising of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP faced defeat in MLC polls, as BJP won 4 out of 6 seats
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News Delhi, December 14: The Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance comprising of the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP faced a defeat in the Maharashtra MLC polls, as BJP won 4 out of 6 seats. Shiv Sena’s Sunil Shinde, Congress’ Satej Patil and BJP’s Rajhans Singh and Amrish Patel were elected unopposed, a direct face-off between MVA and BJP followed in Nagpur and Akola-Buldhana-Washim that went to polls on December 10.
BJP had fielded Chandrashekhar Bawankule who was Energy Minister in the then Devendra Fadnavis-led government from Nagpur. As per the first-preference vote count, Chandrashekhar.
Bawankule received 362 votes as against 186 votes of Mangesh Deshmukh, who was an MVA back candidate. In
Akola-Buldhana-Washim, Vasant Khandelwal of BJP beat Gopikishan Bajoria of Shiv Sena by 109 votes.
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Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said, as a reaction to this win, “Today, I am very happy that my associate Chandrashekhar Bawankule has secured a big win. In fact, I am feeling happier at the victory of Chandrashekhar Bawankule than my own election victory. This victory is a slap on MVA. Similarly, Vasant Khandelwal in Akola has won a decisive victory there. If you see the MLC polls, BJP has won 4 out of 6 seats. This win has proven wrong the calculation that MVA, i.e three parties coming together will win any kind of contest. The people of Maharashtra are with BJP and we will continue to get their blessings in the future too.”