With campaigning in full swing ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has expressed confidence over the victory of the Mahayuti alliance with over 175 seats in the 288-member state assembly. Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and NCP candidate from Baramati assembly constituency said that Mahayuti will get more than 175 seats and in Baramati I will win by a margin of more than one lakh votes. Voting will be held in Maharashtra on November 20 and counting of votes will take place on November 23.
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Pawar visited Baramati where he met villagers and addressed their issues. The seven-time MLA from Baramati assembly constituency is contesting against his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who is making his electoral debut in the assembly elections. The grand alliance includes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP. It is contesting from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which includes the Congress, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Earlier in the day, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hit back at AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi over his remarks that he was a descendant of “Razakars” who oppressed the people of Marathwada. Speaking to media persons during his election rally in Nagpur today, Fadnavis said, “They are descendants of ‘Razakars’. The ‘Razakars’ oppressed the people of Marathwada, looted their lands, tried to rape women and destroyed families. Destroyed. How can they talk to us?”
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It is noteworthy that Razakar is an Arabic word which means volunteer. It is considered derogatory in Bangladesh as it refers to people who supported the Pakistani army in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
