Kolhapur: In the hot summer of Kolhapur, the place of Karveer resident Mahalakshmi, the political mercury has heated up even more. There is a tussle between Mahavikas Aghadi and BJP over the by-election of Kolhapur North assembly seat going to be held on April 12.
By-election is being held in this assembly seat after the death of Chandrakant Jadhav, Congress MLA from Kolhapur city North, from Corona. The Congress has fielded his wife Jayshree Jadhav for sympathy votes, while the BJP has fielded Satyajit Kadam. It is discussed that the results of this assembly by-election, which will come on April 16, will decide the political future of Mahavikas Aghadi and BJP.
…then Operation Lotus will get a setback
It is noteworthy that on April 20, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government is going to complete two and a half years. In these two and a half years, BJP used all the political tactics to topple this government, but could not succeed. During this, two assembly by-elections were also held, in which by winning the Pandharpur election, BJP gave a blow to Mahavikas Aghadi. After that the Congress was successful in winning the Nanded by-election. Now Kolhapur by-election will decide the strength of Mahavikas Aghadi vs BJP. If BJP loses this election, Operation Lotus will get a setback in the state. The MLAs sitting in preparation for a possible rebellion with the government will not dare to fear defeat at the hands of three parties.
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…then force the sabotage of MLAs
Kolhapur assembly by-election has political implications. In view of this, BJP is trying its best to win this election. If BJP succeeds, the vandalism campaign of MLAs will get a boost. In this by-election, both the parties are making full use of sam, daam, dand, bhed. The BJP had offered Chandrakant Jadhav’s wife Jayshree, who had earlier been the party’s corporator, to be the only candidate, but she decided to contest on a Congress ticket.
aim to win by a large margin
Mahavikas Aghadi would also like to win this election with maximum margin of votes to save his reputation, so that BJP does not get any political opportunity. On the other hand, BJP state president and Kolhapur resident Chandrakant Patil wants to bring this by-election in his favor, while the reputation of Shiv Sena and NCP, including foster minister and Congress leader Satej Patil, is at stake. Even if the margin of victory and defeat is small, it will lead to political instability.