Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Less ground work, more fighting in Osmanabad

Voters of Osmanabad Constituency say the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 scenario has become a daily family soap opera starring the Rajenimbalkar and Patil families MP Omprakash Rajenimbalkar is the candidate for the Shiv Sena UBT and Archana Patil is a candidate for the Nationalist Congress party Mahayuti for Osmanabad Constituency It is the ongoing family dispute between the Patil and Rajenimbalkar families that is being discussed more during the election campaignVillagers of Osmanabad Constituency Vashi Tashil told midday that the issue of development is missing from the election ldquoBoth candidates are mostly busy slamming each other over their family rivalryrdquo said villager Bhagwan Pawar adding that candidates should be talking about development and their vision for the district and constituency ldquoBut this point is missing They are busy picking on each other We are missing development Our needs are lsquopani kheti and nokrirsquo water agriculture and job They should talk about what they are going to do for thatrdquoIn Dharashiv due to lack of proper planning waste is clogging up nullahsAnother villager Ibrahim Sheikh told midday that this district hardly sees development while surrounding district headquarters have developed in the last four decades ldquoBut our district has not developed as much as it needs to be Candidates should focus on the development issuerdquo Dashrath Dhumal said ldquoWe vote for development But we hardly saw any Even now in the election campaign we barely witness development issuesrdquoldquoBoth candidates are busy with personal issues They should talk about development Migration in the district is very high as agriculture can give good income so we can survive As industrialisation is very low our youth are not getting jobsrdquo says Pandurang Surwase a local A villager said on the condition of anonymity that the Mahayuti candidate is mentioning the work of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ldquoBut we need an MP to solve our local problemsrdquoHow did Latur developldquoLatur district was a tehsil of Dharashiv District formerly known as Osmanabad till the mid1980s Later it became a separate district and developed rapidly due to the strong political leadership Osmanabad has been missing visionary political leadershiprdquo says Wajid Pathan a localThe roads are in bad condition in Dharashiv PicNimesh DaveldquoWhen we compare Latur with Dharashiv we feel bad We are envious of Laturrsquos political leadership It is evident that if a political leader has a vision for development he can make it possiblemdashLatur is the perfect example of itrdquo said a voter of Dharashiv cityWe are working for 400plusGoundlevel party workers of the BJP were upset with Mahayutirsquos decision to give this constituency to the NCP in seat sharing A BJP functionary at the taluka level said that we have three MLAs ldquoThree MLAs of undivided Shiv Sena were elected Two of them are with the alliance BJP and Shiv Sena are strong in the district However this constituency was given to the NCP We are not able to understand this decision Even candidate Archana Patilrsquos husband Rana Jagjit Singh Patil is MLA of BJP in Tuljapur tehsilrdquo he stated adding ldquoWe are upset Even voters are asking us But we are working to complete the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modirsquos 400plusMPsrdquoRajenimbalkarrsquos second timeRajenimbalkar defeated Rana Jagjit Singh Patil in the 2014 Lok Sabha election by 127 lakh votes Rajenimbalkar secured 594 votes and Patil got 469 lakh votes Patil was a candidate for the undivided NCP After losing the election he joined the BJP and was elected as MLA of Tuljapur which is part of the Osmanabad constituency He is the son of the heavyweight leader of NCP Padmasingh PatilldquoMy father was murdered How can I forget that But it does not mean I am not talking about development Irsquom aware that in this election I have to tell voters what I have done in the last five years and what I will do in the next five years Irsquom sharing my master plan with the voters I have a plan for the agriculture and industrial development of the constituencyrdquo Rajenimbalkar told midday Even after repeated attempts to connect with NCP candidate Archana Patil contacting her on mobile and visiting her office and residence we did not get a response from her or the party officialOm Rajenimbalkar Shiv SenaUBTPlus Pointsgtgt Ground connection He continues to visit villagesgtgt First person who raised voice to increase reservation limit for Marathasgtgt The MVA government started a medical college gtgt He has ample support from the Muslim communityMinus Pointsgtgt Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the face of the Lok Sabha electiongtgt Possibility of the divide between Dalit and OBC voters as Dalits have the option of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadigtgt NCP SP and Congress donrsquot have strong ground connections in the constituencyArchana Patil NCPPlus Pointsgtgt There is no strong presence of the NCP Sharad Pawar and Congress in the districtgtgt Has support from the Maratha and OBC votersgtgt Good connection with women votersgtgt Recall value Candidate Archana Patil is the daughterinlaw of former Minister Padmasinh PatilMinus Pointsgtgt Running own campaign without involving alliance partiesgtgt Voters felt that Osmanabad did not develop as expected during the tenure of the Patil familygtgt Less possibility of attracting Muslim voters