Even if Tambe wins, he’s still an Independent: NCP’s Jayant Patil

First India Bureau Mumbai: Reacting to the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-supported candidate Nagorao Ganar in the Nagpur Teachers’ constituency, MP Vinayak Raut of the Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray has claimed that Ganar’s defeat is a defeat for Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule.

Notably, Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate Sudhakar Adbale beat Ganar in the election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council.

“Nagpur assembly election is considered very important.

Haribhau Rathod, seen with AAP national chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

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Mumbai: The Aam Aadmi Party has announced that will contest the by-elections to the Chinchwad and Kasba Peth Assembly constituencies, potentially marking the party’s entry into Maharashtra.

Those familiar with the issue say there are four aspirants interested in the Kasba by-election, and six for the Chinchwad seat. The party will decide on its nominees soon, party insiders said.

Addressing the media in Pimpri-Chinchwad, AAP’s regional vicepresident Haribhau Rathod said, “The party’s local workers and the central leadership have discussed it and de- cided to participate in the Chinchwad and Kasba Peth Assembly bypolls. We will announce our candidates in the next two days,”

He added that the party is confident of its chances.

“We don’t do emotional politics. We do not accept the politics of sympathy. In a democracy, no constituency is dominated by anyone. Our leaders and our party have reached every household, so we are contesting this first election in Maharashtra for the voice of the common people,” Pune district president Mukund Kirdat who, along with city working president Chetan Bendre and city president Anup Sharma were also present, said.

First India Bureau Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party has marked a victory in the Konkan region with its candidate Dnyaneshwar Mhatre winning one of the five seats up for grabs in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. This has led analysts to begin discussions on the changing equations in the state.

Meanwhile, rumours of Suspended Congress leader Satyajeet Tambe, who contested

BMC budget to be presented on February 04

First India Bureau as an Independent from the Nashik graduates’ constituency, joining the BJP has resurfaced, with BJP leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil asserting: “Satyajeet’s victory is certain. We will continue to insist that he joins the BJP.”

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Budget will be presented on February 04, in keeping with the civic body’s rules that say the Budget should be presented before Feburary 07, officials said.

The budget will be presented at 10.am and the press conference will be addressed at 11.30 pm, the Free Press Journal reported.

Notably, the Congress also suspended Satyajeet’s father and three-time MLC Sudhir Tambe for failing to file his nomination papers, despite having been named as the party’s candidate for the Nashik division graduates’ seat.

However, Jayant Patil, the Maharashtra state unit chief of the Nationalist Congress Party, has rubbish such claims.

When asked if Tambe’s victory in Nashik would be a win for the BJP, Patil replied, “Even if Satyajeet Tambe wins in Nashik, it will not be a win for the BJP. Satyajeet is an Independent candidate.”

This is a constituency with a political presence of leaders like Fadnavis and Bawankule. Therefore, this defeat belongs to Fadnavis and Bawankule,” said Raut.

Speaking further, Raut said, “All the voters in Nagpur have shown that they love the Maha Vikas Aghadi more than the current government. In fact, the Maha Vikas Aghadi has won the Nagpur seat held by BJP for 12 years.”

BJP had made Ganar’s election a matter of prestige as

All the voters in Nagpur have shown that they love the Maha Vikas Aghadi more than the current government. In fact, the MVA has won the Nagpur seat held by BJP for 12 years.

—Vinayak Raut MP, Shiv Sena - UBT

Fadnavis, and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari held campaign meetings for him. In fact, the BJP had even set up booths on polling day to show its support for Ganar. However, Adbale took a decisive lead in the first round.

Adbale got 14,071 votes in the first round of counting, while Ganar received less than half of that, with 6,309.

Honest onion seller returns `8L cash, jewellery

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Mumbai: In our daily lives, we keep hearing about incidents revolving around dishonest humans, and contradicting the same, an onion seller in Washim has defined humanity in his own way by returning gold worth Rs8 lakhs and some cash.

On January 30, Ramesh Ghuge of Eranda village came to Washim city to buy goods and lost his bag that time. Saddened by the loss of his savings, the onion seller Sheikh Zaheed brought him relief by returning his belongings.

After Ghuge’s bag went missing, he

Ramesh Ghuge was sitting in front of my shop. After he left, I saw a bag left there and I immediately took it in my possession. There was also a bank passbook. I could not call Ghuge as there was no phone number on the passbook. Then, I contacted Mustafa and told him about it. He coordinated with the police and helped further. I am happy that Ghuge got his items back.

—Sheikh Zaheed, Onion seller

lodged a complaint.

While the police were investigating the case, they received a call from Sheikh Mustafa. Mustafa said that

Sheikh Zaheed, a colleague of Mustafa and an onion seller in Washim town has found a bag, which the police immediately re- covered. While praising Zaheed, the police said that if everyone shows such honesty, we can eliminate the misery from others’ lives.