BJP fumes as Shiv Sena 'hijacks' Palghar Lok Sabha seat


Palghar (Maharashtra), May 8 (IANS): Amidst a massive show of strength, Shiv Sena candidate Srinivas C. Vanga on Tuesday filed his nomination for the by-election to the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency, virtually hijacking the seat from its fuming ally Bharatiya Janata Party.

The May 28 bypoll was necessitated after the sudden demise of sitting BJP MP Chintaman Vanga on January 30, who was the party's face and strongman in the predominantly tribal district bordering Gujarat.

This afternoon, Srinivas Vanga, accompanied by several Shiv Sena ministers and other leaders, arrived in an open truck procession with a sea of saffron flags and turbans in front and behind, thousands carrying posters and banners of party chief Uddhav Thackeray, to file his candidature.

The development came five days after the Vanga family met Thackeray in Mumbai and decided to join the Shiv Sena after accusing the BJP of "ignoring" them after Chintaman Vanga's death.

A rattled BJP leadership attempted to mollify the Vangas with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday publicly appealing to them to reconsider their decision.

Denying the family's allegations, he also declared that the BJP had virtually finalised giving a party ticket to a member of the Vanga family, but his pleas were ignored.

Over the next couple of days, several BJP state ministers, legislators and party leaders rushed to Palghar to convince the Vanga family to return to the party fold, but by Monday evening, the Shiv Sena finally cleared Srinivas Vanga's name as its candidate for the bypoll.

This is the first time that the Shiv Sena has practically "snatched" a seat from its ally BJP's quota even as the two parties are in alliance, both at the Centre and in Maharashtra.

However, in the past the BJP-Shiv Sena contested the 2014 Lok Sabha together, but fought the 2014 assembly separately after a poll-eve collapse of the alliance.

The severed alliance was resumed a couple of months after the Fadnavis-led BJP minority government took oath then (2014) and Shiv Sena walked over from the Opposition benches to become a ruling coalition partner.

While the BJP has not yet officially declared its nominee for Palghar, a new dimension was added when local strong force Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) on Tuesday announced it will contest the seat, as also the Congress.

Launching a veiled attack on Shiv Sena, the BVA said that in Palghar, only three parties are natural contestants for the seat - the BVA, BJP and Congress, "and the people will not tolerate any outsider (Shiv Sena) in the election, though the late Chintaman Vanga had earned great respect for his work and clean image here".

 

  

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  • Navin, Kundapur

    Tue, May 08 2018

    ABD, lost angel,

    It is not lost BJP buy from Modi sponsors last time one fellow ran with suitcase to GOA....

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Tue, May 08 2018

    All the allies of BJP are deserting the BJP as the count down begins for the general elections in 2019. It will be the turn of the country opting for BJP Mukt Bharat.

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  • Harold D'cunha, Mangalore, India.

    Tue, May 08 2018

    2 states RSS and its fringe groups cannot show its goondagiri is Punjab and Maharastra.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, May 08 2018

    Everywhere it is the End for BJP ...

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  • ABD, LOS ANGELES

    Tue, May 08 2018

    KHANGRESS HAS LOST 22 STATES? DO YOU STILL THINK ITS AN END OF BJP

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  • Truth teller, Karnataka

    Wed, May 09 2018

    Had you ever thought that Jyoti Basu in WB, Lalu in Bihar and the pair of Mulayam-Amar Singh(Modi-Amit!!) in UP would have seen the dust!? The space is more to go to the top but once at top the space is little!!!. Then again you have to come down to get space!!!. Same with BJP and Modi....!!!!

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  • vasu, mangalore

    Tue, May 08 2018

    I like the optimism,

    Bjp has won every election,but still congress supporters are optimistic.

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  • El En Tea, Mumbai

    Tue, May 08 2018

    One more slap on Feku Daku Nagpur Party
    BJP contribution towards Palghar district is zero.

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Tue, May 08 2018

    So for a few days Shiv Sena will sleep on the bed and BJP will sleep on the couch. What does it matter ? In a few days time they will kiss and make up.

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