Premium
This is an archive article published on November 14, 2010

Bapat quits BJP posts over MLC poll pullout

Disappointed over the party’s decision to withdraw the BJP-Shiv Sena candidate from the legislative council polls

google-preferred-btn

Disappointed over the party’s decision to withdraw the BJP-Shiv Sena candidate from the legislative council polls,BJP MLA Girish Bapat has tendered his resignation as the BJP city unit president and member of the party’s state executive body.

After his resignation,NCP candidate Anil Bhosale was elected unopposed as an MLC. Bapat tendered his resignation on Saturday to BJP state president Sudhir Mungantiwar immediately after the withdrawal of party’s candidate Chandrashekhar Bhosale.

NCP-Congress candidate Anil Bhosale,NCP rebel from Alandi Dnyaneshwar Bhosale and Chandrashekhar from BJP-Shiv Sena had filed nomination papers for the MLC polls. The scrutiny of the forms was done on Thursday,while the last date for the withdrawal of nominations was Saturday.

“The party’s decision of making the BJP-Sen candidate withdraw his name from the polls was wrong. I am against that decision. I was of the view that our candidate should have contested the election. We had even started our preparations with the hope that our candidate will fight,” Bapat said.

Everybody was hoping to have a triangular contest for the legislative council election from Pune for local authorities constituency (LAC).

“With the withdrawal of the other two candidates on Saturday,I got elected unopposed as an MLC. I even got the certificate for it,” Bhosale said.

Click here to join Express Pune WhatsApp channel and get a curated list of our stories

Latest Comment
Post Comment
Read Comments
Advertisement
Top Stories
indore deaths, Indore contaminated water deaths, Madhya Pradesh High Court, Bhagirathpura water contamination, Indore municipal corporation, PIL Indore water crisis, contaminated drinking water Indore, Indore water tanker supply, MP High Court order, bacterial contamination water Indore, Indore public health crisis
Behind Indore deaths, civic collapse, health system struggling with deluge of patients
Ikkis is now in theatres
In a post-Dhurandhar world, Sriram Raghavan stages an anti-war rebellion with Ikkis
Zohran Mamdani NYC inaugration Punjabi music
Zohran Mamdani sworn in as NYC’s first Muslim mayor, inauguration features Punjabi music: WATCH
Towards the end of 2025, few of Rishabh's bouts of brain-fade coincided with Ishan's purple patch domestically (BCCI Photo/AP Photo)
What Ishan Kishan can learn from Rishabh Pant's fate? Carry the sword, but don't forget the shield
Energy transition, renewable energy, renewable energy sources, renewable energy transition, solar energy, wind energy, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs
Energy transition will need more than chasing the sun and harnessing the wind
Live Blog
Loading Taboola...
Advertisement