Mumbai: Many of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena’s veteran and sitting MLAs and MPs fared badly as their kinfolk lost the BMC polls. No topic contesting handiest 90 seats, family-first politics dominated the occasion’s electoral scene.
Eight sitting and veteran MLAs and MPs bagged tickets for their members of the family.Faded MP Rahul Shewale’s sister-in-law, Vaishali Nayan Shewale, used to be fielded from ward quantity 183 (Chembur). Faded MLA Sada Saravankar’s son, Samadhan, and daughter, Priya, had been fielded from 194 and 191 (Worli and Mahim), respectively, whereas Jai Kudalkar, son of Kurla MLA Mangesh Kudalkar, contested from Ward 169 (Kurla). Sena MP Ravindra Waikar’s daughter, Deepti Waikar-Pontis, used to be given a nomination from ward quantity 73 (Jogeshwari).
They all lost.
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In an identical style, Bhandup MLA Ashok Patil’s son, Rupesh Patil, used to be given a price from ward quantity 113 (Bhandup). Faded corporator Deepak Hande’s wife, Ashwini Hande, used to be given a price from ward quantity 128 (Ghatkopar). They additionally lost the polls to the Sena (UBT)-MNS combine. Faded MLA Yamini Jadhav, who lost the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, additionally contested the BMC polls. She won the BMC election from Byculla.
In an identical style, Shiv Sena veteran corporator Sanjay Turde’s wife, Meenal Turde, used to be a candidate from Ward 166 (Kurla). They won. In Worli, the wife of veteran Sena corporator Datta Narwankar, Vanita Narwankar, won from Wardnumber 197. Vanita used to be one of the handiest Shinde Sena candidates to get from Worli.
Shiv Sena MLA from Chandivli Dilip Lande’s wife, Shaila Lande, used to be a Sena candidate from Ward 163 (Chandivai). She won. Political observers acknowledged that attributable to the BMC polls this time had been a multi-cornered contest, sitting MLAs flexed their muscle and aged their clout to accommodate members of the family. Since parties, too, would possibly per chance well presumably also no longer discover plucky candidates, netas prolonged their family quota previous the major family and even bought tickets for in-authorized guidelines and cousins. “Usually, family tickets are given to first family members like spouses and siblings, but this time, since NCP was not in the Mahayuti, Congress was not in MVA and fought alone, there was a scramble for seats.
Senior netas used this chance to flex their muscles and get tickets for their kin. They managed to convince the party that there was no alternative. Parties too conceded as they did not want to take any risk,” a political observer acknowledged.
