Sena candidate Kalaben Delkar, the wife of former MP Mohan Delkar who died by suicide in Mumbai in February, won by a comfortable margin of 51,269 votes, defeating BJP candidate Mahesh Gavit in the Dadra & Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha by-election.
In a big morale booster for Maharashtra s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi, Congress candidate Jitesh Antapurkar won the Deglur-Biloli assembly by-election in Nanded district with a huge margin.Of the total 12 candidates in the fray in the SC reserved .
Diwali 2021 promises to be a sparkler for the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi, which will complete two years in office on November 28, in the face of regular threats by the opposing BJP to topple its government.