State mantris, netas’ relatives in fray today

MUMBAI: Public works minister Chhagan Bhujbal, controversial water resources minister Sunil Tatkare, veteran Congress MP Manikrao Gavit, former medical education minister Vijaykumar Gavit's daughter Heena and leader of the opposition Eknath Khadse's daughter-in-law Raksha are among the prominent candidates in the fray for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections in the state on Thursday.

Predictably, both the Congress and the BJP claimed they would emerge the winners in this round. State Congress president Manikrao Thakre said the outcome of the polls will show up the pre-poll surveys as pro-BJP and false while Khadse said the BJP will emerge a clear winner in all the 19 seats going to the polls on Thursday. "It will be the biggest-ever setback for the Congress-NCP front,'' Khadse said.

Thakre countered by saying that prominent saffron combine candidates will bite the dust.

Bhujbal is locked a quadrangular contest in Nashik. Pitted against him are Shiv Sena's Hemant Godse, who joined the organization recently; Pradeep Pawar of the MNS, and AAP's anti-corruption crusader Vijay Pandhare. The campaign in Nashik was marked by allegations and counter-allegations levelled by the various parties. While the Shiv Sena and MNS targeted Bhujbal over the properties he owned, the NCP leader hit back saying senior Shiv Sena and MNS leaders did not have a clean record either.

In adjoining tribal Nandurbar district, Manikrao Gavit is contesting against Heena. If elected, Gavit will become the senior-most Lok Sabha member. However, the octogenarian leader himself is doubtful of his success against Heena, who has given up a career in medical education to contest the polls.

In Raver in Jalgaon district, Khadse's daughter-in-law Raksha is in the fray against NCP's Manish Jain and independent nominee Ulhas Patil. In coastal Raigad, the NCP has fielded Tatkare against the Shiv Sena's sitting MP Anant Geete, former police officer and AAP nominee Sanjay Apranti, and Peasants and Workers Party nominee Ramesh Kadam. It will be a litmus test for Tatkare who himself had volunteered to contest against Geete, a third term Lok Sabha member. In Aurangabad, Shiv Sena has fielded veteran MP Chandrakant Khaire against Congress nominee Nitin Patil, who has stepped in for state education minister Rajendra Darda who declined to contest. Along with Nandurbar, Nashik, Raver, Aurangabad, Dhule, Jalgaon, Jalna, Dindori, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane and six Mumbai constituencies are also going to the polls on Thursday.

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