Kolhapur bypoll: Cong candidate Jayshri Jadhav leads, minister predicts victory by means of 15ok votes
However an competitive marketing campaign by means of the BJP, after 15 rounds of counting, Congress candidate Jayshri Jadhav is main within the North Kolhapur Meeting seat, the bypoll for which used to be hung on April 12 following the dying of Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav in December 2021.
Via round 11.30 am on Saturday, the Congress candidate used to be main by means of over 13,998 votes in comparison to the BJP’s Satyajit Kadam. Jadhav has up to now secured 58,351 votes, whilst Kadam were given 44,353 votes.
Talking to this paper, minister and Congress chief Satej Patil expressed self belief that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate will win the bypoll. “Our candidate must win by means of over 15,000 votes,” Patil mentioned.
Within the 2019 Meeting election, Chandrakant Jadhav had gained the seat by means of 30,000 votes. “The BJP had aggressively campaigned within the title of Hindutva and Ram. They made makes an attempt to distribute cash to the citizens. We succeeded in preventing them from doing so in some portions of the constituency… At this degree, we must have led by means of 15,000 votes. However the pattern displays that we will be able to finally end up profitable by means of a lesser margin in comparison to the closing elections, essentially as a result of the BJP’s try to search votes within the title of Hindutva and divide the citizens,” Patil mentioned.
Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut mentioned the margin established by means of the MVA candidate proper from the start displays that the citizens in Kolhapur rejected BJP’s “faux Hindutva”. “Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray had given uncomplicated instructions to our party employees and leaders to face solidly at the back of the Congress candidate. The MVA has fought unitedly in Kolhapur and if we organize to stick with this components, then BJP won’t ever achieve its politics of dividing folks of Maharashtra within the title of faith,” Raut mentioned.
Counting of votes started at eight am amid tight safety preparations with employees and leaders turning up in large numbers outdoor the counting centre. Round 61 consistent with cent balloting used to be registered within the bypoll hung on April 12.
