Revolt brews in NCP

Five major aspirants for the Cantonment seat had yesterday alleged that NCP district president Jagannath Shewale and Pune Lok Sabha candidate Vitthal Tupe had joined hands to force the candidature of Kodre. At a meeting held in Hadapsar today, party workers criticised the decision to give the candidature to Kodre, charging that he had not even joined the NCP. Among the major aspirants of the NCP who were present at the meeting included Jalinder Kamthe, Suresh Ghule, Sopanrao Gondhale, Chandrakant Beedkar, Suresh Kadam, and Rajlaxmi Bhosale.

Maintaining that Kodre had not asked for the candidature, the party workers were unanimous in their demand for nominating another candidate to replace Kodre. They said that they would campaign for any candidate other than Kodre. A delegation of the party workers will be meeting NCP leader Sharad Pawar to convince him to reverse the decision.