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This is an archive article published on May 21, 2003
Solapur bypoll: Shinde taking no chances
Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde is leaving no stone unturned to ensure his margin of victory in the bypoll from Solapur South Assembly con...
Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde is leaving no stone unturned to ensure his margin of victory in the bypoll from Solapur South Assembly constituency.
8216;8216;Since there is no opposition nominee, my effort will be to win the May 21 by-election by a highest ever margin,8217;8217; Shinde said.
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8226; Number of voters: 1,75,515 |
The Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Sanjiv Sadaphule and RPI8217;s Sunil Waghmare against Shinde who launched his campaign a week ago.
Though no senior Congress leader has visited Solapur, the Chief Minister himself has addressed a record number of meetings in the textile township.
Meanwhile, Minister for Dairy Development Anandrao Deokate who represented Solapur South had resigned from the lower house to facilitate Shinde8217;s chances in the election.
Initially, it looked like a tough battle for Shinde. However, the decks were cleared for his election when Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray declared that his party would not field a candidate against CM Shinde.
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Thackeray had said that a hotly-contested by-election would result in needless expenditure for the state and hence he had taken a decision not to field a candidate.
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