Jat is a seat where the Congress had received
“Those who want to quit the party are free to do so,” said Mr Patil.Chavan said that he would personally ask the NCP leadership to give the said seat to the Congress. On the state itself, former minister Harshwardhan Patil asked both the leaders to settle scores in private or quit the party. During the last election, the Congress candidate garnered more vot-es than the NCP.”Meanwhile, the NCP has not reacted to the annou-ncement. In the course of their respective speeches, Vidhal Patil, great grandson of former chief minister Vasantdada Patil and MLA Vishvajeet Kadam taunted each other.At a time when the Congress and NCP have not even started talks over seat sharing in the coming elections in Maharashtra, Mr Chavan’s directly dec-laring the seat without tal-king to the NCP will be vie-wed as Congress’ aggression. Mumbai: At a time when the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are yet to begin alliance talks at the seat level, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress chief Ashok Chavan has declared a Congress candidate of the Jat Assembly constituency from Sangli. Jan Sangharsha rally in the Jat Assembly constituency.Political rivalryThe infighting among Congress leaders in Sangli came out in the open during the party’s Jan Sangharsha Yatra.Mr Chavan said, “I will talk to the NCP leadership. Mr Chavan said that he would personally ask the NCP leadership to give the said seat to the Congress.. They tried to blame each other for the recent Sangli municipality defeat. I don’t think our leadership will take it in the wrong way,” said a former minister and senior leader of the NCP. So, it is our rightful claim to this seat. To energise his workers at the ground level, Mr Chavan might have declared candidature. Sources said that Mr Chavan later gave a dressing down to both leaders for putting on a rather public show of their differences. Now, the NCP will join hands with us. “Jat is a seat where the Congress had received more votes than the NCP. Either claimed that the other’s group betrayed the party during elections. So, Congress will obviously have the claim.Addressing the Jan Sangharsha rally in the Jat Assembly constituency, Sangli, Mr Chavan said, “Vikram Sawant will be our candidate from the Jat Assembly constituency in the Acrylic Toilet Seats coming elections. Interestingly, Mr Chavan has declared a Congress candidate from one of the Assembly seats in NCP state chief Jayant Patil’s district. He garnered 55,000 votes during the 2014 Assembly elections. I am confident that they will agree to this anno-uncement.
