The BJP's last-minute decision to pull out of the high-decibel Andheri (east) Assembly bypoll is seen as a strategic step factoring in the "sympathy factor" potentially in favour of the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction's nominee Rutuja Latke.
Backing Rajasthan Minister Parsadi Lal Meena s remark that likened Lord Ram s foot journey from Ayodhya to Sri Lanka to Rahul Gandhi s padyatra, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Tuesday said that it is, however, a co-incidence that both of their names begin with R.
The BJP on Monday pulled out its candidate from the next month s Andheri East Assembly bypoll contest, paving the way for the easy victory of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction s nominee.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday thanked Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the BJP's decision to withdraw its candidate from the bypoll to the Andheri East Assembly seat in Mumbai.
In a rare political move, the BJP today withdrew its candidate, Murji Patel, from the Andheri (East) bypoll, paving the way for Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena’s Rutuja Latke, wife of the late Shiv Sena leader Ramesh Latke, to win unopposed.