Senior Nationalist Congress Celebration (Sharad Pawar faction) chief and MLC Eknath Khadse introduced that neither he nor his daughter would contest the Lok Sabha elections for the Raver seat. Then again, the BJP has as soon as once more fielded Eknath Khadse’s daughter-in-law, Raksha Khadse, for a similar seat.
Khadse has cited well being issues as the explanation for not contesting from the mentioned constituency, and talked about his daughter’s aspirations to run for the Muktainagar Meeting seat as the explanation for opting out. He additionally said that NCP founder Sharad Pawar would quickly announce the candidate for the Raver seat.
Asserting his determination, Eknath Khadse on Friday mentioned, “My daughter Rohini and I can’t be contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Raver. On account of my well being circumstances, I can’t be contesting elections, and my daughter is making ready for the state Meeting elections from Muktainagar. Due to this fact, neither of us shall be contesting the Lok Sabha elections.
“Sharad Pawar will declare the candidate from Raver, and we’ll absolutely help the candidate to make sure their victory. A robust candidate will contest the election from Raver,” he mentioned.
Initially, there have been excessive probabilities of a contest between the Khadse members of the family for the Raver Lok Sabha seat. Nonetheless, with Eknath Khadse and his daughter Rohini Khadse opting out, speculations have surfaced suggesting that Khadse is making means for his daughter-in-law, Raksha Khadse.
Relating to seat sharing, Eknath Khadse mentioned, “Our discussions on all 48 seats are nearly full. Solely 4 to five seats are nonetheless underneath dialogue. These shall be resolved within the subsequent one or two conferences.”
Khadse additional emphasised, “Maharashtra will absolutely help the Maha Vikas Aghadi, and our alliance will win in our nation, India.”
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Opposition alliance in Maharashtra, have reached a seat-sharing settlement for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, sources instructed India At the moment TV. The Shiv Sena (UBT) is prone to contest 21 seats, whereas the Congress could battle in 15 seats and the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP may get 9 seats, sources mentioned.