Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding as many as 18 meetings in Maharashtra, many candidates of the Mahayuti have had to see the defeat. Modi held a big rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on May 17 and before that he also held a road show in Ghatkopar two days earlier. But in Mumbai, the Mahayuti suffered a big blow.
Modi held 18 campaign meetings in the state, almost twice as compared to the 2019 election. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said that due to the five-phase election this year, there was enough time for campaigning and Modi's campaign meetings were more and meetings were also held for the candidates of Shiv Sena (Shinde group) and NCP (Ajit Pawar group). However, due to the strength of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the state, many seats were in danger and the leaders of the Mahayuti felt that the atmosphere would change after holding a meeting with Modi. But it didn't actually happen. Fadnavis, Mumbai BJP president Adv Ashish Shelar were expressing firm belief that all six candidates of the Mahayuti will be elected in Mumbai. But the great alliance was defeated after a fierce battle.
One such meeting was held for Modi's two-three Lok Sabha constituencies. Taking a look at Modi's 18 meetings, Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar was defeated even though the meeting was held in Chandrapur. However, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari won in Nagpur. Raju Parve (Shinde faction) was defeated by Shyamkumar Barve of Congress from Ramtek constituency. NCP Sharad Pawar's Amar Kale defeated BJP's Ramdas Tadas from Vadra. Mahadev Jankar of Rashtriya Samaj Party could not win from Parbhani. BJP's Prataprao Chikhlikar was defeated in Nanded.
In Kolhapur, Shiv Sena (Shinde group) candidate Sanjay Mandlik was defeated by Congress candidate Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj. In Solapur, Congress candidate Praniti Shinde defeated BJP's Ram Satpute by a huge margin. Ranjit Singh Nimbalkar was defeated in Madha. Omraje Nimbalkar of Shiv Sena Thackeray group won from Dharashiv defeating Archana Patil of BJP, while Sudhakar Shringare of BJP lost in Latur.
In Ahmednagar, Sujay Vikhe Patil was defeated by NCP Sharad Pawar faction's Nilesh Lanke. BJP's Heena Gavit was unexpectedly defeated by Congress's Gowal Padvi in Nandurbar. Union Minister Bharti Pawar was defeated by Bhaskar Bhagre of NCP Sharad Pawar faction.
Modi held a meeting in Pune for four constituencies namely Pune, Baramati, Maval and Shirur. BJP's Muralidhar Mohol won from Pune, but Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar was defeated by Sharad Pawar's Supriya Sule from Baramati. In Shirur, Shiv Sena Shinde faction's Shivaji Adharao Patil was defeated by NCP's Sharad Pawar faction's Amol Kolhe. However, in Maval, Shinde faction's MP Srirang Barane won again. Udayanraje Bhosle won from Satara constituency. BJP's Pankaja Munde was narrowly defeated by Bajrang Sonawane of NCP's Sharad Pawar group from Beed.
Shinde wins, Patil loses
Modi held meetings for Kalyan and Bhiwandi constituencies. Shrikant Shinde, son of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, won a big victory from Kalyan, but Suresh Mhatre of NCP Sharad Pawar won by defeating Union Minister Kapil Patil from Bhiwandi.
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