Had there been a BJP candidate, we would have won: Bawankule

Maha BJP chief displays short memory after party-backed Ganar loses in Nagpur

First India Bureau

Mumbai: In an embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Sudhakar Adbale— backed by the Maha Vikas Aghadi—claimed the Nagpur Teachers’ constituency seat in the Maharashtra Legislative Council with a 55% majority.

Understandably, BJP state unit president

Chandrashekhar Bawankule—who, along with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, is from Nagpur—is far from pleased. However, he was quick to point out that Nagorao Ganar’s loss is not a reflection of the BJP.

In fact, Bawankule highlighted the fact that while Ganar may have had the party’s support, he was not an

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official BJP candidate.

“It cannot be said that the loss of that seat is a failure of the BJP. Had there been a BJP candidate in Nagpur, we would have won. So, I don’t think there is any need to get upset over this. We have won in Konkan. We got over 14,000 votes in comparison to the 1,000-1,500 votes received the last