VBA fields Vasant More in Pune, declares support for Supriya Sule in Baramati

More recently quit the MNS and had declared he will contest the Pune seat at any cost.

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More had tried for a Congress ticket and met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar as well as Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil.(Photo: Facebook/ Vasant More)

The fight for the Pune Lok Sabha seat is all set to be a triangular one as the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) has fielded Vasant More as its candidate to contest against Murlidhar Mohol of BJP and Ravindra Dhangekar of Congress. VBA also declared support to Supriya Sule of NCP (SP) for the Baramati seat in the fight against Sunetra Pawar of the Ajit Pawar led NCP.

More recently quit the MNS and had declared he will contest the Pune seat at any cost. He had tried for a Congress ticket and met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar as well as Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil.

The MVA was in talks with the VBA on including it in the alliance against the NDA, but it did not work out. The VBA has since been fielding candidates in various constituencies in the state.

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More will now be the official VBA candidate for the Pune seat, which is likely to lead to a division of votes, hampering the chances of both BJP and Congress. More had started his career in Shiv Sena and later stayed with Raj Thackeray after the formation of MNS. He had contested assembly elections twice but faced defeat. However, he led the MNS in PMC and was also the city’s MNS chief in the past.

VBA declared its support to Sule in Baramati to avoid a division of votes in the close contest.

Ajay Jadhav

Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. He writes on Infrastructure, Politics, Civic issues, Sustainable Development and related stuff. He is a trekker and a sports enthusiast. Ajay has written research articles on the Conservancy staff that created a nationwide impact in framing policy to improve the condition of workers handling waste. Ajay has been consistently writing on politics and infrastructure. He brought to light the lack of basic infrastructure of school and hospital in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde even as two private helipads were developed by the leader who mostly commutes from Mumbai to Satara in helicopter. Ajay has been reporting on sustainable development initiatives that protects the environment while ensuring infrastructure development. ... Read More

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