Kasba bypoll: Brahmins, Mukta Tilak’s kin upset with BJP for denying them tickets
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PUNE: Brahmins in Pune are protesting in opposition to the BJP for selecting Hemant Rasane, a non-Brahmin, as their candidate for the upcoming Kasba Peth Assembly bypoll. He is a three-time corporator of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and was elected in 2002, 2012 and 2017.
Posters and flexes are being put up with messages stating that Brahmins have been earlier denied a ticket in Kothrud Assembly seat, and that the neighborhood can’t tolerate this anymore.
The Kasba Peth bypoll was necessitated after the demise of sitting BJP MLA Mukta Tilak.
The posters displayed in Pune say that in 2019, sitting BJP MLA Medha Kulkarni was denied a ticket to accommodate erstwhile Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil within the Brahmin-dominated Korud constituency in Pune. The posters state that the celebration is repeating this in Kasba Peth, one other area dominated by Brahmins. Posters additionally requested how lengthy Brahmins ought to tolerate this ‘injustice’.
Kasaba Peth constituency was earlier represented by former minister Girish Bapat, a Konkanastha Brahmin.
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Meanwhile, Shailesh Tilak, the widower of deceased BJP MLA Mukta Tilak, mentioned that though the household anticipated that BJP would give them tickets, they’d nonetheless proceed to work for the BJP.
Claiming it was an injustice to the household, he added, “We thought that after Mukta’s demise, the BJP will field a member of her family. We wanted to carry forward the development work undertaken by Mukta in Kasba Peth. But the party has taken different decisions. We have to respect them as may be taken for the party’s larger interest.”
Tilak additionally mentioned that because the relations are grieving, they’d not have the ability to marketing campaign for Hemant Rasane.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had met Shailesh Tilak lately and knowledgeable him that the BJP wouldn’t subject any member from the Tilak household within the bypolls.
Guardian minister of Pune Chandrakant Patil claimed that the Opposition is attempting to create a notion that Brahmins are in opposition to the BJP but it surely was unfaithful.
Meanwhile, Congress’ Kasaba Peth candidate Ravindra Dhanghekar filed his nominations for the bypolls.
Dhanghekar was earlier with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and has a big following on this constituency.
“It is true that the BJP has dominance in the Kasba Peth region but we should not ignore that Congress candidate Dhanghekar is not someone weak. He had always given a tough fight to Girish Bapat. Once, Bapat had won by a slender margin against Dhanghekar. Congress candidate also has popularity here, so, BJP should not take this bye-election lightly. Besides, the Brahmins are unhappy with BJP. If they are absent for voting or press NOTA, then it can create trouble for the BJP candidate,” a political observer commented.
PUNE: Brahmins in Pune are protesting in opposition to the BJP for selecting Hemant Rasane, a non-Brahmin, as their candidate for the upcoming Kasba Peth Assembly bypoll. He is a three-time corporator of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and was elected in 2002, 2012 and 2017.
Posters and flexes are being put up with messages stating that Brahmins have been earlier denied a ticket in Kothrud Assembly seat, and that the neighborhood can’t tolerate this anymore.
The Kasba Peth bypoll was necessitated after the demise of sitting BJP MLA Mukta Tilak.
The posters displayed in Pune say that in 2019, sitting BJP MLA Medha Kulkarni was denied a ticket to accommodate erstwhile Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil within the Brahmin-dominated Korud constituency in Pune. The posters state that the celebration is repeating this in Kasba Peth, one other area dominated by Brahmins. Posters additionally requested how lengthy Brahmins ought to tolerate this ‘injustice’.
Kasaba Peth constituency was earlier represented by former minister Girish Bapat, a Konkanastha Brahmin.
ALSO READ | Maha CM Shinde requests Sharad Pawar to not contest Chinchwad, Kasba Peth bypolls
Meanwhile, Shailesh Tilak, the widower of deceased BJP MLA Mukta Tilak, mentioned that though the household anticipated that BJP would give them tickets, they’d nonetheless proceed to work for the BJP.
Claiming it was an injustice to the household, he added, “We thought that after Mukta’s demise, the BJP will field a member of her family. We wanted to carry forward the development work undertaken by Mukta in Kasba Peth. But the party has taken different decisions. We have to respect them as may be taken for the party’s larger interest.”
Tilak additionally mentioned that because the relations are grieving, they’d not have the ability to marketing campaign for Hemant Rasane.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had met Shailesh Tilak lately and knowledgeable him that the BJP wouldn’t subject any member from the Tilak household within the bypolls.
Guardian minister of Pune Chandrakant Patil claimed that the Opposition is attempting to create a notion that Brahmins are in opposition to the BJP but it surely was unfaithful.
Meanwhile, Congress’ Kasaba Peth candidate Ravindra Dhanghekar filed his nominations for the bypolls.
Dhanghekar was earlier with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and has a big following on this constituency.
“It is true that the BJP has dominance in the Kasba Peth region but we should not ignore that Congress candidate Dhanghekar is not someone weak. He had always given a tough fight to Girish Bapat. Once, Bapat had won by a slender margin against Dhanghekar. Congress candidate also has popularity here, so, BJP should not take this bye-election lightly. Besides, the Brahmins are unhappy with BJP. If they are absent for voting or press NOTA, then it can create trouble for the BJP candidate,” a political observer commented.
