Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Leader of the Opposition (LoP)
Devendra Fadnavis on Friday it said the party miscalculated the combined strength of the
Maha vikas aghadi after
BJP suffered a major setback in major state polls.
Fadnavis made the remarks in response to the results of the biennial elections at six Legislative council seats: three graduates (Pune, Aurangabad, Nagpur) and two teachers (Amravati, Pune), as well as the constituency of Dhule-Nandurbar Local Bodies.
However, although the MVA Alliance partners: Congress and PNC won seats, Shiv Sena was left blank.
“The results are contrary to our expectations. We expected to get good results, however, we only won one seat. We miscalculated the combined power of the three parties,” said Fadnavis.
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Stating that all the leaders and workers made a great effort, Fadnavis added: “But this was the first poll and now we have an idea of what it is like. Therefore, our next election plans will be made accordingly. We need to strategize and introspect “.
Congratulating the winners, the BJP leader said they will return.
However, he also mocked Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray saying that the alliance has benefited but not the Prime Minister’s party. “At least we got a (seat), they (Sena) didn’t.”
He further added that the Hyderabad polls would mark a new trend. The BJP was leading the polls when Fadnavis gave his reaction. The BJP has currently slipped to third place. Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s party, has taken the lead at noon, followed by AIMIM of Asaduddin Owaisi.
Circumscription of graduates
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Aurangabad: NCP candidate Satish Chavan scored a hat trick, defeating BJP’s Shirish Boralkar.
Nagpur: Congressional candidate Abhijit Wanjari defeated BJP’s Sandip Joshi by a margin of 18,910 votes. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari had also represented him for several years in the past.
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Circumscription of teachers
Amravati: Kiran Sarnaik (Independent) leading Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Deshpande.
Pune: Jayant Asgaonkar from Congress who leads the Independent Dattatraya Sawant.
Local bodies of Dhule Nandurbar
BJP’s Amrish Patel won the seat. The by-election was held when Patel left Congress to join the BJP.
However, the chairman of the BJP state unit, Chandrakant Patil, said the results were not unexpected and challenged the MVA constituents to fight alone.
When asked if he feels the absence of a friend (Shiv Sena), Patil said that if the friend does not want to remain a friend, there is no point in mourning his loss. “It is true that we would have had support if the friend was with us.”
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said the results were a reflection of the MVA government’s performance.
Farmers Protest 2020: How Farmers Unite Against Farm Bills 2020
Chalo Delhi!
Under temporary shelters in the Delhi winter, thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana stay on the borders of Delhi. From Nihang Sikhs to Bundelkhand Kisan Union, many farmers’ organizations have taken to the streets of the national capital since November 26, which is growing by the day.
The main opposition from protesting farmers is to the recently passed bills related to agricultural reforms in September. They fear that the three new laws could negatively affect them. Farmers fear that one of the bills could affect the MSP or the minimum price of support for crops under the pretext of giving them more playing field and better platforms.
Photo: Anindya Chattopadhyay / TOI
Here’s a glimpse of the protests across the borders of Delhi:
Holding on there
Harinder Singh, a 28-year-old farmer, poses next to his tractor parked on a road on the border between Delhi and Haryana, India. These protests that began in September received national attention only last week and Harinder is not sure if he will return home with justice.
Photo: Altaf Qadri / AP
Hopes high
Atma Singh, 62, also came to the Delhi-Haryana border on his tractor, hoping that the Center would hear his pleas. Farmers like him fear that new laws they say will result in their exploitation by corporations, leaving them without land of their own.
Photo: Altaf Qadri / AP
Passionate fear
Amrik Singh Mikka and several others have created a temporary shelter on their tractor. During cold winter nights, they sleep under trailers or their trucks. And during the day, everyone sits huddled in groups in the back of vehicles.
Photos: L- Altaf Qadri / AP, R- Anindya Chattopadhyay / TOI
Prayers if you don’t plead
Karmat Singh and Joginder Singh, pray inside their tractor trailer. The convoy of vehicles is parked on a stretch of almost 3 km, full of food and fuel to last until they protest. “Inquilab Zindabad!”
Photo: Altaf Qadri / AP
A quick lunch
There is no time or place to eat quietly. Farmers eat lunch on their tractors on the Ghazipur – Delhi-UP border.
Photo: Anindya Chattopadhyay / TOI
Power of women
A group of women shout slogans as they arrive to join protesting farmers on the Delhi-Haryana border.
Photo: Altaf Qadri / AP
Plowing the fields
When the men went to Delhi to join the protests, the women were sweating in the fields of Uttar Pradesh.
Photo: TOI
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