Sangli (Maharashtra), April 15 (IANS): On anticipated strains, Congress chief Vishal Prakashbapu Patil on Monday filed his nomination papers as an Unbiased candidate for the Sangli Lok Sabha seat — difficult the official INDIA bloc-Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee Chandrahar Patil.
Vishal Patil, the grandson of the late chief minister Vasantdada Patil and son of the veteran 5-time MP Prakashbapu Patil, will lock horns with the BJP’s sitting two-term MP Sanjaykaka Patil trying a hat-trick in Sangli.
Supporters of Vishal Patil claimed that they have been nonetheless hopeful of a Congress ticket, and he’s more likely to file a second set of nomination papers on Tuesday, although get together officers declined to touch upon the developments.
Congress MLA Dr. Vishwajeet Kadam from Palus-Kadegaon in Sangli together with Vishal Patil and different district senior get together leaders had known as on the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and different high brass in Delhi a number of occasions insisting that the Congress ought to contest Sangli.
Kadam-Patil duo final week additionally made a fervent request to the Shiv Sena (UBT) President and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to ‘quit’ the Sangli seat to Congress however the latter has spurned their pleas.
For the reason that previous few days, there have been political murmurs in Sangli that the aggrieved get together employees wouldn’t marketing campaign for the SS (UBT) nominee Chandrahar Patil, a wrestling champion.
Earlier, the state Congress leaders together with President Nana F. Patole and others had raised objections to the SS (UBT) unilaterally ‘grabbing’ the Sangli seat even when the seat-sharing negotiations have been in progress final month. In the meantime, the Congress has saved mum on the most recent improvement although Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) circles consider that Vishal Patil’s determination to contest as an Unbiased may result in a triangular contest and upset the prospects of Chandrahar Patil, proving helpful to the BJP.
