VBA removes Shirur Lok Sabha seat candidate
Mumbai: Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar on Saturday canceled the nomination of its Shirur Lok Sabha candidate Mangaldas Bandal after Mangaldas was reportedly seen at a social meeting attended by members of the ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra like BJP and NCP. Leaders were involved. A top official said here. State VBA spokesperson Farooq Ahmed said the strict action had been taken on the instructions of Ambedkar and state party chief Rekha Thakur as Bandal had violated party discipline and instructions.
To ensure BJP’s victory, Ashok Chavan will face a tough test in his home ground Nanded. “Bandal’s candidature from Shirur (Pune) Lok Sabha seat has been cancelled,” he said. Along with the announcement on April 2, it was also announced that VBA will not field a candidate from Baramati Lok Sabha seat and will support NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule there,” Ahmed said. However, Bandal was reportedly seen hobnobbing with VBA’s political opponents at a social call in the presence of BJP’s deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis at the residence of industrialist Dashrath Mane, chairman of Sonai Group. This also
Maharashtra: VBA’s Prakash Ambedkar plans ‘third front’ before Lok Sabha elections. Also present was Sunetra Pawar, wife of Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar, who is the party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Baramati, where she is contesting against her ‘son-in-law’. and sitting MP Supriya Sule. Facing severe criticism over Bandal’s ‘indiscretion’, the VBA has decided to withdraw his nomination, although it is not clear whether Ambedkar will find a replacement in Shirur for the May 13 elections, with nominations set to begin on April 18. Will the candidate be appointed or not?
- Ambedkar’s VBA to support 7 Congress Lok Sabha candidates Meanwhile, Bandal’s supporters claimed that he had not attended the event to meet any rival leader but simply bumped into them and reportedly soon after Left the venue, even some of the pictures went viral. social media. He also claimed that this action against Bandal was allegedly directed at Ambedkar by his brother and Republican Sena president Anandraj Y. This was done to divert attention from the disgrace Ambedkar faced after filing his nomination from Amravati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency. Not convinced by the arguments, the VBA – which is struggling to get rid of its ‘vote-splitter’ image – immediately attempted to save its reputation by removing Bandal from the Shirur Lok Sabha seat.
