Harshada Jadhav filed her nomination papers as NCP (SP) candidate for the Pune graduates’ MLC seat with MVA functionaries by her side
He said talks would continue ahead of the Oct 9 deadline for withdrawal of nominations. Therefore, it was decided to file both nominations and continue the discussions. However, the voters belonged to our party and, therefore, we were insisting on the seat.
The undivided NCP had won it last time. “Our candidate Arun Lad had won last time; his son joined BJP.
We are going to discuss the things once again,” Fadnavis said. NCP state president Sunil Tatkare admitted it was the party’s “collective failure” that it could not secure the seat. It is collective failure of all of us,” Tatkare said. Tatkare said party president and deputy CM Sunetra Pawar had been authorised to take a decision for the NCP. “She discussed on behalf of the party; no one should attach any other meaning to this,” he said. I will ensure the MVA candidate wins,” Patil said.
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis acknowledged the differences. “We could not agree. Chivate, however, expressed hope that he would eventually emerge as Mahayuti’s consensus candidate. The seat-sharing friction also spilled over to Pune graduates’ constituency. “It is true that NCP had rightful claim over Pune graduates’ seat. We fell short in the discussions. The decision to let the seat to other partners was taken at the party’s highest level,” he added. Meanwhile, NCP (SP) has fielded educationist Harshada Jadhav, daughter of former bureaucrat Prabhakar Deshmukh, for the graduates’ constituency. Congress MLC Satej Patil accompanied her when she filed her nomination. His niece Smita Jadhav is BJP’s official candidate for the same seat. “Even though she is my niece, I belong to another party. I have to think of my political career. A crowded field for Aurangabad graduates’ constituency poll Patil filed his nomination in the presence of a small group of party functionaries, including former cabinet minister Rajesh Tope.
Shiv Sena’s Mangesh Chivate also filed his nomination on Tuesday on the directions of deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde .