A day after the BJP nominated Dhairyasheel Patil for certainly one of two vacant Rajya Sabha seats within the state, its ally, the Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP), introduced Nitin Patil from Satara because the second candidate.
Nitin Patil will fill the seat vacated by BJP chief Piyush Goyal’s who was elected to Lok Sabha, giving Patil a four-year time period, whereas the BJP candidate will serve two years. With solely two candidates within the race, the election will likely be unopposed.
Through the Lok Sabha marketing campaign in Satara, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar promised to ship Nitin Patil to Rajya Sabha after the NCP ceded the Satara seat to BJP’s Udayanraje Bhosle.
“Get together employees had demanded my nomination for the Satara LS seat, however because of alliances, we gave it to BJP. It was determined that the Rajya Sabha seat would go to the NCP,” Patil defined.
Nitin Patil, a part of a distinguished political household in Satara, is the son of former MP Laxmanrao Patil and brother of Makarand Patil, a sitting MLA with Ajit Pawar’s NCP.
He at present serves as chairman of the Satara District Central Cooperative Financial institution Ltd.
Since its inception in 1999, Satara has been an NCP stronghold. Nevertheless, following the break up within the occasion, sitting MP Shriniwas Patil, MLA Balasaheb Patil, and MLC Shashikant Shinde sided with Sharad Pawar. Makarand Patil initially resisted Ajit Pawar’s revolt however later joined because of points with the cooperative sugar mill he controls.
Within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Udayanraje Bhosle narrowly defeated Shinde, and now each the BJP and Ajit Pawar’s NCP are vying to wrest management of the district from Sharad Pawar’s faction.
Nitin Patil’s candidacy is seen as Ajit Pawar’s technique to increase his affect within the area.
“Our objective is to win the utmost meeting seats within the upcoming elections and be certain that the Mahayuti authorities returns to energy. We are going to ship the outcomes for Ajitdada, who has positioned his belief in me,” Nitin Patil stated.
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