Widow fails to sway voters, huge setback for NCP

October 17, 2011 13:40

Update on the #Khadakwasla by-poll, which saw a BJP-Sena-RPI combine win.

The BJP win has been a major setback to the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, with Bhimrao Tapkir's win. He defeated NCP candidate Harshada Wanjale in the assembly bypoll in Pune district.

#Tapkir won by the margin of 3,625 votes, defeating Harshada, widow of MNS legislator Ramesh Wanjale, whose death necessitated the bypoll, which was held on October 13.

Ajit Pawar was instrumental in bringing Harshada Wanjale to the NCP fold a day ahead of the bypoll. The byelection was a matter of prestige for Ajit Pawar,
as he wields sway over local civic bodies in Pune.

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