AMRAVATI: The Amravati constituency, which as soon as gave the one communist MP of Vidarbha, Sudam Deshmukh, first union agriculture minister Panjabrao Deshmukh and likewise the primary woman President of the rustic Pratibhatai Patil, this time has a south Indian movie actress Navneet Kaur Rana in fray against Shiv Sena veteran Anand Adsul. Panjabrao won in 1957 and 62, Sudam Deshmukh in 1989, and Patil in 1991.
This time the election this is being dubbed as a struggle between the former actress’ glamour quotient and Adsul’s experience. Both the candidates are from the same Charmakar caste, of Hindu Dalits.
Amravati, which will probably be going for polls on April 18, is a reserved constituency for scheduled castes (SC) and likewise has a sizable bite of Maratha electorate. This time, the collection of electorate right here has just about doubled at 18.12 lakh as against over 10 lakh in 2014.
Rana, an unbiased candidate of Yuva Swabhiman outfit, had were given the second biggest votes in 2014, losing to Adsul through a margin of 1.37 lakh votes. She is subsidized through Congress-NCP alliance. She is on the subject of Baba Ramdev and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Originally Navneet Kundles of Punjabi foundation, she were given married to Ravi Rana, an unbiased MLA from Badnera constituency of the district, round 8 years in the past.
BJP and Congress have by no means come head to head In Amravati. Under the sharing association with BJP, Shiv Sena has contested in Amravati.
Pratibhatai Patil used to be the remaining Congress candidate from Amravati. Thereafter, the birthday party has most effective subsidized RPI and NCP candidates and now an unbiased.
If 73-year outdated Adsul, who rose as a cooperative leader, is alleged to be banking on the Modi wave, Rana has been running hard to recover her fortunes since her loss in 2014. Political employees admit that her talents and celebrity standing are her added benefit.
Since her 2014 loss, she has been repeatedly touring the constituency, especially the faraway Melghat tribal belt infamous for malnutrition.
Observers say Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), subsidized through Owaisi’s AMIM, would even be a powerful factor. The birthday party has fielded Gunvant Deopare, a Buddhist Dalit, right here.
Among Dalits, the district has equivalent collection of Buddhists as against Hindus of the same category. As each Adsul and Rana are Hindu, Deopare is eyeing the on the subject of 1.5 lakh Buddhist Dalit votes of his community. In 2014, Deopare had polled 98,200 votes underneath the BSP banner.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded Arun Wankhede, a Buddhist Dalit. However, BSP chief Mayawati, who's a Charmakar herself, didn't flip up for canvassing right here.
So, for the main contenders — Rana and Adsul — it’s the Muslims with round 3 lakh votes, 1.5 Hindu Dalits, Marathas with 2 lakh and equivalent collection of Kunbis votes could also be the vote bank to eye. Sources say calls got to Muslims through clerics to come out and vote in huge numbers.
However, each leaders were also seen wooing tribal votes of Melghat which can be pegged at round 3 lakh. Former chief minster of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan used to be campaigning for Adsul in Melghat on Saturday when IdealNews visited the constituency.
Congress and NCP didn't have a powerful candidate in Amravati. Sunil Deshmukh, the BJP MLA from Amravati town, had surrender Congress in 2009, when his price ticket used to be given to Pratibhatai Patil’s son Raosaheb Shekhawat for assembly. This time even Shekhawat is supporting Rana.
However, a litigation against Rana’s caste claim can provide the general verdict. Adsul had filed a petition against Rana’s claim of being SC candidate, in the Nagpur bench of High Court, and were given a verdict in his favour. Rana has secured a stay and is preventing the polls on its basis.
The Maratha, Kunbi factor
Though a SC seat, Amravati has a sizable Maratha and Kumbi votes that have proved to be a decisive factor. Former President Pratibhatai Patil used to be the remaining Maratha MP from Amravati. The seat used to be reserved for SC in 2009.
The two lakh Maratha electorate are expected to be rather detached this time because there's no candidate from the community, stated assets involved in the election process. Arvind Gawande of Maratha Mahasangh stated the group does now not influence the electorate. “It’s an individual choice. The largest issue used to be of reservation that is now pending in the court docket,” he stated.
This time the election this is being dubbed as a struggle between the former actress’ glamour quotient and Adsul’s experience. Both the candidates are from the same Charmakar caste, of Hindu Dalits.
Amravati, which will probably be going for polls on April 18, is a reserved constituency for scheduled castes (SC) and likewise has a sizable bite of Maratha electorate. This time, the collection of electorate right here has just about doubled at 18.12 lakh as against over 10 lakh in 2014.
Rana, an unbiased candidate of Yuva Swabhiman outfit, had were given the second biggest votes in 2014, losing to Adsul through a margin of 1.37 lakh votes. She is subsidized through Congress-NCP alliance. She is on the subject of Baba Ramdev and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Originally Navneet Kundles of Punjabi foundation, she were given married to Ravi Rana, an unbiased MLA from Badnera constituency of the district, round 8 years in the past.
BJP and Congress have by no means come head to head In Amravati. Under the sharing association with BJP, Shiv Sena has contested in Amravati.
Pratibhatai Patil used to be the remaining Congress candidate from Amravati. Thereafter, the birthday party has most effective subsidized RPI and NCP candidates and now an unbiased.
If 73-year outdated Adsul, who rose as a cooperative leader, is alleged to be banking on the Modi wave, Rana has been running hard to recover her fortunes since her loss in 2014. Political employees admit that her talents and celebrity standing are her added benefit.
Since her 2014 loss, she has been repeatedly touring the constituency, especially the faraway Melghat tribal belt infamous for malnutrition.
Observers say Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), subsidized through Owaisi’s AMIM, would even be a powerful factor. The birthday party has fielded Gunvant Deopare, a Buddhist Dalit, right here.
Among Dalits, the district has equivalent collection of Buddhists as against Hindus of the same category. As each Adsul and Rana are Hindu, Deopare is eyeing the on the subject of 1.5 lakh Buddhist Dalit votes of his community. In 2014, Deopare had polled 98,200 votes underneath the BSP banner.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded Arun Wankhede, a Buddhist Dalit. However, BSP chief Mayawati, who's a Charmakar herself, didn't flip up for canvassing right here.
So, for the main contenders — Rana and Adsul — it’s the Muslims with round 3 lakh votes, 1.5 Hindu Dalits, Marathas with 2 lakh and equivalent collection of Kunbis votes could also be the vote bank to eye. Sources say calls got to Muslims through clerics to come out and vote in huge numbers.
However, each leaders were also seen wooing tribal votes of Melghat which can be pegged at round 3 lakh. Former chief minster of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan used to be campaigning for Adsul in Melghat on Saturday when IdealNews visited the constituency.
Congress and NCP didn't have a powerful candidate in Amravati. Sunil Deshmukh, the BJP MLA from Amravati town, had surrender Congress in 2009, when his price ticket used to be given to Pratibhatai Patil’s son Raosaheb Shekhawat for assembly. This time even Shekhawat is supporting Rana.
However, a litigation against Rana’s caste claim can provide the general verdict. Adsul had filed a petition against Rana’s claim of being SC candidate, in the Nagpur bench of High Court, and were given a verdict in his favour. Rana has secured a stay and is preventing the polls on its basis.
The Maratha, Kunbi factor
Though a SC seat, Amravati has a sizable Maratha and Kumbi votes that have proved to be a decisive factor. Former President Pratibhatai Patil used to be the remaining Maratha MP from Amravati. The seat used to be reserved for SC in 2009.
The two lakh Maratha electorate are expected to be rather detached this time because there's no candidate from the community, stated assets involved in the election process. Arvind Gawande of Maratha Mahasangh stated the group does now not influence the electorate. “It’s an individual choice. The largest issue used to be of reservation that is now pending in the court docket,” he stated.
Battle between glamour quotient and experience in Amravati Lok Sabha constituency
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