By Joseph Rao Nagpur, Nov 26, : The contest for Member of Legislative Council from local bodies is on the 10th of December
The constituency of Nagpur has become interesting, with the Congress-led alliance surprising everyone by fielding a four term BJP corporator with a RSS background to fight the BJP candidate.
Chandrashekhar Bawankule is the BJP nominee.
He rose from a party worker and became Energy Minister in Devendra Fadnavis’ government.His assets have seen a remarkable growth of 375 percent since 2014.
His 2014 affidavit included a list of assets, which included Rs 66,27740.However, they have risen to Rs 37.73,962,296 in 2021 according to his affidavit. With nomination papers
Dr Ravindra Chotu’ Bhoyar is the Congress candidate.
He is a staunch swayayamsevak for more than three decades and is a four-term BJP Corporator as well as a former Deputy Mayor.
On Friday, Congress dummy candidate Praful Guidhe Patil, and Independent candidate Suresh Revatikar withdrew nominations.
Umesh Deshmukh, an Independent, remained in the fray, leaving Bhoyar and Bawankule as the main contenders.
The Sangh Parivar was taken by surprise by Bhoyar’s decision to leave them and join Congress.
Bawankule was denied an Assembly ticket in the 2019 polls at the last minute.He is now aiming to make a comeback to parliament.
Bawankule, who is close to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari as well as Fadnavis in the 2019 polls, is an OBC face. Even though a rejected ticket was on the forefront of OBC reservation.
Bhoyar, a member of a dedicated RSS family is a homeopath and his maternal uncle Dr Vilas Dagre is close to the RSS hierarchy.He was reportedly angry at the BJP leadership for not providing opportunities for growth within the cadre.
His assets total value at more than Rs 4 crore
Maharashtra Congress leaders, including Nana Patole, the state chief, and Ministers Sunil Kedar (and Nitin Raut) are believed to have played a crucial role in convincing Bhoyar that he would switch to the Congress.
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