BHIWANDI: Before the Bhiwandi (West) assembly ticket announcement by MVA, local Congress leaders are upset with the speculation of the party giving the ticket for the assembly to local leader Vilas Patil after he joined the Congress Party.
Congress leaders allege that Patil is the leader who, despite Congress getting an absolute majority in the Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation election in 2019, split 18 out of 47 Congress corporators in his favour and made his wife Pratibha Patil from his earlier local Konark Vikas Aghadi party the Mayor with the help of the BJP's corporators.
A local Congress leader said that Patil is associated with the RSS and he has good relations with the complainant in the court case filed against Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi in Bhiwandi.
Congress leaders alleged that in such a situation, if the party gives a ticket to Vilas Patil from this seat, then it will not send a good message in the party, and supporters and other parties may benefit from it on the seat. It will also be an injustice to the leaders who were working in the party for years, many of whom are willing to contest the elections.
The Bhiwandi (West) assembly is considered a minority-dominated seat. Amid this, Patil's photo in RSS attire has also gone viral, the authenticity of which is not confirmed by TOI, but due to this photo going viral, a large section in Congress has now mobilised against Patil.
Sharad Patil, a Congress leader who himself is interested in contesting elections from Congress, told TOI, "Vilas Patil broke the Congress Party and made his wife the Mayor. Not only this, he is also associated with RSS. If the party gives a ticket to such a leader, then it will be an injustice to the common Congressmen and its ideology."
Several attempts to contact Vilas Patil over these issues turned futile as he did not pick up phone calls or reply to messages sent by the reporter.
If political sources are to be believed, then out of 18 assembly seats coming into Thane District, the highest 18 leaders of the Congress Party have expressed their desire to contest elections from the Bhiwandi (West) seat. Apart from Patil, Dayanand Choraghe, Rashid Tahir Momin, Sharad Patil, and Rani Agarwal are included in this.
Also Read: Maharashtra Election Schedule 2024
Congress leaders allege that Patil is the leader who, despite Congress getting an absolute majority in the Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation election in 2019, split 18 out of 47 Congress corporators in his favour and made his wife Pratibha Patil from his earlier local Konark Vikas Aghadi party the Mayor with the help of the BJP's corporators.
A local Congress leader said that Patil is associated with the RSS and he has good relations with the complainant in the court case filed against Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi in Bhiwandi.
Congress leaders alleged that in such a situation, if the party gives a ticket to Vilas Patil from this seat, then it will not send a good message in the party, and supporters and other parties may benefit from it on the seat. It will also be an injustice to the leaders who were working in the party for years, many of whom are willing to contest the elections.
The Bhiwandi (West) assembly is considered a minority-dominated seat. Amid this, Patil's photo in RSS attire has also gone viral, the authenticity of which is not confirmed by TOI, but due to this photo going viral, a large section in Congress has now mobilised against Patil.
Sharad Patil, a Congress leader who himself is interested in contesting elections from Congress, told TOI, "Vilas Patil broke the Congress Party and made his wife the Mayor. Not only this, he is also associated with RSS. If the party gives a ticket to such a leader, then it will be an injustice to the common Congressmen and its ideology."
Several attempts to contact Vilas Patil over these issues turned futile as he did not pick up phone calls or reply to messages sent by the reporter.
If political sources are to be believed, then out of 18 assembly seats coming into Thane District, the highest 18 leaders of the Congress Party have expressed their desire to contest elections from the Bhiwandi (West) seat. Apart from Patil, Dayanand Choraghe, Rashid Tahir Momin, Sharad Patil, and Rani Agarwal are included in this.
Also Read: Maharashtra Election Schedule 2024
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