Maharashtra: Two loyalists and a turncoat

Updated On: 15 February, 2024 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore

BJP drops Narayan Rane, accommodates Ashok Chavan and long-time loyalists Medha Kulkarni and Ajit Gopchade as Rajya Sabha candidates; Milind Deora gets the nod from Shinde Sena

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Dr Ajit Gopchade, OBC leader and practising paediatrician, and Medha Kulkarni, ex-MLA from Pune. Pics/X

The BJP kept its date with a new entrant, Ashok Chavan, awarding him a Rajya Sabha ticket from Maharashtra on Wednesday. While a turncoat leader got his due, the ruling party chose loyalists Medha Kulkarni and Dr Ajit Gopchade for the other two vacancies, and kept political circles guessing about the possibility of fielding the fourth candidate before the party leadership said there was no such plan.

Another turncoat Congress leader, Milind Deora, who had joined the Shinde Sena last month, will be the CM-led party’s candidate. The Congress compensated a Dalit leader Chandrakant Handore for its inability to get him elected in the Legislative Council elections in 2022. Among the Opposition parties, only the Congress has adequate strength in the electoral college of Vidhan Sabha. Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party hadn’t announced its candidate. Sena can win one and the BJP three, and it can go for the fourth if it wants voting instead of an unopposed election for six positions. Nominations close on February 16. Voting, if necessary, will be held on February 27 and results announced the same day.

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