The celebrations haven’t stopped since Ahmednagar elected Nilesh Lanke as the brand new Lok Sabha MP. Recognized on social media as “a large killer”, Lanke, says his high priorities embrace addressing the issues over onion and milk costs.
“My farmer brethren are indignant. They need an answer to this onion disaster. The falling costs of onions and milk are a priority and I’ll plan an agitation if want be,” Lanke instructed The Indian Express.
Onion growers are upset over the value crash after the Narendra Modi-led authorities banned exports in December final 12 months.
Whereas the ban has now been lifted, a 40 per cent responsibility on exports is in place. Nevertheless, poor charges has led to simmering discontent amongst farmers in Ahmednagar and based on Lanke, this situation needs to be tackled instantly.
Lanke can also be dedicated to supporting dairy farmers who’ve been struggling resulting from low milk costs. Lanke who received the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat by polling 6,24,797 votes is a grassroots employee who was earlier with the NCP (Ajit Pawar group) however later joined the Sharad Pawar faction.
From sarpanch of Hanga village to Parner MLA and now Member of Lok Sabha from Ahmednagar, Lanke, who’s the son of a trainer, credit his success on the polls to the assist from folks, social gathering staff, farmers, unemployed youth, Muslim neighborhood and people who share the ideas and values of the Ambedkar motion.
He admits that the best share of votes was from Parner, his personal meeting constituency the place he polled as many as 1,30,440 votes, whereas his rival Dr Sujay Vikhe-Patil polled 92,340 votes right here.
This win has been a momentous one for Lanke as he has taken on the mighty Vikhe-Patil’s whose dominance within the cooperative sector and political sphere has been established for over six a long time.
Sujay Vikhe-Patil was the sitting MP and had the backing of his father, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, a senior minister whereas his grandfather Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil was a veteran politician and seven-time MP other than being a former Union Minister.
Sujay Vikhe-Patil polled 5,95,868 votes. Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil had left no stone unturned to make sure a victory for his son together with organising well-attended rallies that had Mahayuti’s high brass campaigning together with PM Modi. Nevertheless, it was not a cakewalk for Sujay Vikhe-Patil as he sought a second time period.
An evaluation of the votes polled within the six meeting constituencies of Ahmednagar reveals that Vikhe-Patil polled greater than a lakh votes every from throughout Ahmednagar metropolis, Shevgaon and Rahuri.
Nevertheless, he polled 92,340 votes in Parner and 95,835 in Karjat Jamkhed Meeting constituency. Rohit Pawar, who hails from the influential Pawar household, is the MLA from Karjat–Jamkhed Meeting constituency.
The assist from this constituency helped Lanke garner greater than 1.04 lakh votes and get an edge over Vikhe-Patil. Lanke polled solely 74,263 votes from Ahmednagar metropolis whereas Vikhe-Patil polled greater than 1.05 lakh votes right here.
Lanke, nevertheless, claims {that a} justifiable share of votes that have been supposed for the NCP (SP) symbol- depicting a person blowing a turha/tutari (a crescent formed musical instrument) may need been mistakenly forged for the pipani image (trumpet) of an impartial candidate.
In the meantime, Gorakh Alekar, an Impartial candidate, polled 44,597 votes within the not too long ago concluded Lok Sabha polls.