Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar on Saturday cancelled the nomination of its Shirur Lok Sabha candidate, Mangaldas Bandal, after the latter was allegedly seen at a social assembly attended by BJP and NCP leaders a part of the ruling MahaYuti in Maharashtra, a high official stated right here.
State VBA spokesperson Farooque Ahmed stated the robust transfer got here beneath the path of Ambedkar and state get together chief Rekha Thakur, as Bandal violated get together self-discipline and directives.
“Bandal’s candidature from the Shirur (Pune) LS seat stands cancelled. It was introduced on April 2 together with the announcement that the VBA won’t subject a candidate from the Baramati LS seat and assist NCP (SP) Working President Supriya Sule there,” stated Ahmed.
Nonetheless, Bandal was reportedly seen hobnobbing with the VBA’s political opponents at a social name attended by BJP’s Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on the residence of industrialist Dashrath Mane, the Chairman of Sonai Group.
Additionally current was Deputy CM and NCP President Ajit Pawar’s spouse Sunetra Pawar, who’s the get together’s LS candidate from Baramati, the place she is pitted towards her ‘nanad’ and sitting MP Supriya Sule.
Dealing with extreme flak over Bandal’s ‘indiscretion’, the VBA has determined to take again his nomination, although it isn’t clear if Ambedkar will appoint a substitute candidate in Shirur for the nominations which open on April 18 for the Could 13 elections.
In the meantime, Bandal’s supporters claimed that he did not attend the occasion to fulfill any rival leaders, however simply ran into them and reportedly left the venue quickly after, whilst some images went viral on social media.
Additionally they claimed that the motion was taken towards Bandal ostensibly to divert consideration from the ignominy suffered by Ambedkar after his brother and Republican Sena President Anandraj Y. Ambedkar filed his nomination from the Amravati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency.
Not satisfied by the arguments, the VBA — which is struggling to shake off its ‘vote-splitter’ picture — instantly tried to salvage its popularity by dropping Bandal from the Shirur Lok Sabha seat.
–IANS
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