Maha BJP faces wrath of dropped MLAs’ supporters

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Shiv Kumar

Tribune News Service

Mumbai, October 5

Senior BJP leaders at the state and central levels were on a fire-fighting mode for the second day today after several ministers and veteran legislators were denied ticket to contest the Maharashtra Assembly elections.

CM Devendra Fadnavis and state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil were working the phones to ensure that those denied tickets and their supporters do not work against the BJP’s official candidates.

Among the biggies who were denied tickets include Power Minister Chandrashekar Bawankule, Minister for Higher Education Vinod Tawade, BJP’s chief whip in the Assembly Raj Purohit and former ministers Eknath Khadse and Prakash Mehta. In all, some 19 sitting MLAs have been dropped. With the Maharashtra BJP sensing victory, disappointed supporters of the dropped MLAs have reportedly indulged in violence in different parts of the state. Parag Shah, who has been fielded in place of former Housing Minister Prakash Mehta, found himself surrounded by an angry mob which vandalised his car on Friday. Shah was, however, rescued by the police.

In Borivli, supporters of Tawade blacked out the signboard of the BJP at its party office and shouted slogans against Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Tawade, who started his career in the ABVP, was among the first ones to fall in line and reiterate his support for the BJP. “I will introspect and find out what went wrong. I urge my supporters to work for the official candidate Sunil Rane,” Tawade said in a statement.

At other places, local BJP leaders said they would not work for the candidates.



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