Major setback for Rane
In a huge electoral setback to the Congress, and particularly to its newly inducted adventurous leader Narayan Rane, the ruling party has lost all three Lok Sabha by-polls in Maharashtra.
By TNN |
MUMBAI: In a huge electoral setback to the Congress, and particularly to its newly inducted adventurous leader Narayan Rane, the ruling party has lost all three Lok Sabha by-polls in Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena-BJP will find the outcome rejuvenating as it bagged two out of three seats. The remaining one went to Congress’s alliance partner NCP.
The Shiv Sena retained the Ramtek Lok Sabha seat, where its rookie candidate Prakash Jadhav defeated a former Sena minister in the NDA government, Subodh Mohite. His change of parties had necessitated the election. This time he was contesting the by-poll as a Congress candidate.
The defeat has come as a major embarrassment to neo-Congressman Narayan Rane at whose behest Mr Mohite deserted the Sena. Mr Rane had succeeded in getting the Congress’s candidature for Mr Mohite soon after his defection. Mr Rane, the revenue minister in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government, had taken on himself the responsibility to get Mr Mohite elected.
So much so that he was personally supervising the campaign while camping in Ramtek constituency. The outcome will hurt Mr Rane all the more since Mr Mohite was pitted against Jadhav, a young Sainik from the region and he had the full backing of Uddhav Thackeray.
The Shiv Sena retained the Ramtek Lok Sabha seat, where its rookie candidate Prakash Jadhav defeated a former Sena minister in the NDA government, Subodh Mohite. His change of parties had necessitated the election. This time he was contesting the by-poll as a Congress candidate.
The defeat has come as a major embarrassment to neo-Congressman Narayan Rane at whose behest Mr Mohite deserted the Sena. Mr Rane had succeeded in getting the Congress’s candidature for Mr Mohite soon after his defection. Mr Rane, the revenue minister in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government, had taken on himself the responsibility to get Mr Mohite elected.
So much so that he was personally supervising the campaign while camping in Ramtek constituency. The outcome will hurt Mr Rane all the more since Mr Mohite was pitted against Jadhav, a young Sainik from the region and he had the full backing of Uddhav Thackeray.
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