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Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP looks to Modi magic to counter Maratha scare
Updated On: 13 May, 2024 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Maratha activist Manoj Jarange tours community strongholds, says it was time ‘we’ defeated ‘them’ instead of helping ‘them’ win, like 2019
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Maratha community members welcome activist Manoj Jarange Patil in Thane last year. File pic/PTI; (right) PM Modi campaigning in Maharashtra. File pic/Nimesh Dave
Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil gave a series of interviews on Saturday and Sunday, reiterating that his community members would defeat those detrimental to their quota cause. Going by the statements he has made and the leaders he has named as Maratha bêtes noires, the BJP has emerged as his only target. The statement was strategic, made ahead of polling on Monday in 11 segments, most of which are dominated by Marathas.
The covert campaign here has revolved around Maratha versus Other Backward Classes plank. The BJP is on the edge because it has candidates in 7 seats, a mix of rural and urban, in the fourth phase (May 13). Union minister Raosaheb Danve, Pankaja Munde, Raksha Khadse, Smita Wagh, Sujay Vikhe Patil and Murlidhar Mohol are among BJP’s seasoned candidates. Shinde Sena has three seats and NCP (Ajit Pawar) one.
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