New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a jibe at the Congress, referring to the elections held on 28 Legislative Council (MLC) seats in four states. While posting on social media platform X, PM Modi said that elections in these four big states were conducted through ballot papers. PM Modi asked people to tell, how many seats did Congress win? Along with this, PM Modi used a monocle (one-eyed glasses) emoji at the end of his post, which shows the sarcasm and sarcasm of PM Modi. After this, Union Home Minister Amit Shah wrote on the post that how many seats did Congress win out of 28… “0″, Ballot Box Resign….
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When Congress did not get even a single seat till evening, it was declared an out party on zero. From the media to the political world, there was a lot of taunting about Congress's electoral defeat, especially the defeat on all four seats in Congress-ruled Karnataka, but in the counting of votes that took place late on Wednesday night, Congress candidate Abhijit Wanjari (Newly Elected MLC Abhijit Wanjari) from Nagpur (Maharashtra) graduate constituency, which is known as the stronghold of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), gave a crushing defeat to BJP candidate Sudhakar Kohle and destroyed his fort. Political analysts believe that the victory of Congress in Nagpur, the stronghold of RSS, will become a new political lifeline for the opposition. Nagpur is the headquarters of RSS and senior BJP leaders also have strong political influence.
Abhijeet Vanjari's victory brought great happiness back on the withered faces of many senior Congress leaders who were facing political attacks late on Wednesday night. Vanjari retained the Nagpur Graduate Constituency seat in a very close contest. He defeated BJP candidate and former MLA Sudhakar Kohle by 3,271 votes. However, this seat has traditionally been a BJP stronghold. Vanjari received 67,231 votes, while Kohle received 63,960 votes.
Vanjari told why he won?
At his residence after the victory, Vanjari said that the elections in graduate constituencies are different from other elections because the voters here are educated and they understand what kind of work is expected from their elected representatives in the Legislative Council. He said voters were aware of the work the Congress had done in the last six years and the election results were a result of those efforts. He said that we intend to continue similar programs in the next six years. When asked about BJP's vigorous campaigning, Nagpur being the home constituency of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and RSS having its headquarters here, Vanjari said that BJP campaigned by targeting them instead of its candidate.
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Who is Abhijeet Vanjari?
Vanjari is a lawyer by profession. He has an old relationship with Congress. His late father Govindrao Vanjari was a two-time Congress MLA from South Nagpur. Therefore, his and his family's influence in this area is old. Abhijeet Vanjari holds BA and Law degrees from Nagpur University. He has also served in the Senate of the same university. He started his political career from student politics. From 1998 to 2002, he was the General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh in NSUI, the student wing of Congress. Apart from this, he has also worked on various positions in Youth Congress and Nagpur District Congress.
Vanjari is the director of many colleges
He has also worked as a party observer in the elections of Bihar and UP. Vanjari is also the secretary of an NGO named Amar Seva Mandal. This institution runs engineering, pharmacy, law, management and degree colleges in the Vidarbha region. According to Lokmat, Vanjari is also the president of 'Govind Urban Credit Cooperative Society' and also runs 'Govindrao Vanjari Foundation'. Talking about political journey, Vanjari had to face defeat in the assembly elections before the MLC elections. He has lost the South Nagpur Assembly by-election in 2005 and the East Nagpur Assembly election in 2014. Subsequently in 2020, he defeated BJP's Sandeep Joshi by 18,910 votes in the MLC elections and won the Nagpur graduate seat. This time he has again managed to win this seat.