Mumbai, October 26
Political families in Maharashtra retained their turfs in recently concluded elections to the 14th Legislative Assembly with several relatives of prominent leaders getting elected as MLAs.
The NCP’s Baramati MLA and former deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, nephew of Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar, will have nephew Rohit Pawar for company. The youngster beat BJP’s sitting MLA and minister Ram Shinde from Karjat Jamkhed.
Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunaetra’s nephew Ranajagjitsinha Patil has been elected from Tuljapur on a BJP ticket. Brothers Amit and Dhiraj Deshmukh, sons of Latur strongman and former Congress chief minister late Vilasrao Deshmukh, have been elected from Latur City and Latur Rural seats, respectively.
Another kith and kin saga for the NCP is Baban Shinde, who retained his Madha seat, and younger brother Sanjay Shinde who won from Karmala as an NCP-backed Independent in Solapur district.
The Sharad Pawar-led party’s senior leader Chhagan Bhujbal retained Yeola seat in Nashik district though his son Pankaj tasted defeat in Nandgaon constituency.
In Parli, sitting MLA and minister Pankaja Munde was trounced by her cousin and senior NCP leader Dhananjay Munde. In Nashik West, Seema Hiray defeated her relative Apoorva Hiray of NCP. Among the new generation leaders who stepped in to carry forward the family legacy, Aditi, daughter of NCP leader Sunil Tatkare, won from Shrivardhan, while Praniti Shinde, daughter of senior Congressman Sushilkumar Shinde, managed to retain her Solapur City Central seat for the third time in a row. — PTI
Father-son combination
- The state has its fair share of father-son combinations where one is MP and the other MLA. Sena leader Eknath Shinde retained his Khopri Pachpakdi seat. His son Shrikant is MP from Kalyan
- In Kankavli, Nitesh Rane retained his seat while father Narayan Rane is BJP MP. Santosh Danve retained Bhokardan seat while his father Raosaheb Danve, a Union minister, is MP from Jalna
- Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil won his Shirdi seat while son Sujay Vikhe Patil is the BJP MP from Ahmednagar
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