Maharashtra's Pandharpur bypoll a test for MVA allies, opposition BJP amid COVID-19 surge
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Last Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 01:52 PM IST
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Political observers feel that this bypoll will prove to be a litmus test for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies- Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, three ideologically different parties that have been sharing power in the state for the last one-and-a-half years.
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The bypoll to Pandharpur-Mangalvedha assembly constituency in Maharashtra's Solapur district will be held on Saturday amid the COVID-19 surge in the state and the restrictions imposed by the government to curb the spread of the virus. The ruling NCP and the opposition BJP are in a direct fight in this by-election, which was necessitated due to the death NCP legislator Bharat Bhalke owing to post-COVID complications in November last year.