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BJP taking Kothrud voters for granted, says MNS chief Raj Thackeray

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Friday said the BJP was taking voters for granted by fielding Kolhapur’s Chandrakant Patil from Kothrud.
BJP taking Kothrud voters for granted, says MNS chief Raj Thackeray
Raj Thackeray
PUNE: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Friday said the BJP was taking voters for granted by fielding Kolhapur’s Chandrakant Patil from Kothrud.
The BJP is imposing the candidate assuming that people will blindly vote for anybody the party picks, he said at an election rally in Kothrud. MNS candidate Kishor Shinde is fighting against BJP state chief Chandrakant Patil in the assembly election.
"Patil has done all his work in Kolhapur so why is he afraid of contesting from Kolhapur?" he said.

The elections are being fought on non-issues like caste, creed and religion. The real issues like job loss and the economic slowdown in the country are not being highlighted.
“Casteism is prevailing in the election which should be conducted on the basis of the candidate and his work, one who would rush to solve the problems faced by citizens at any given time should be elected," he said.
Referring to former prime minister Manmohan Singh's analysis of the country's economy, Thackeray said the slowdown in the country has just begun. The situation is going to worsen and Maharashtra is going to suffer the most, he added.

The state pays the highest tax in the country, but gets nothing in return, he said. Yet, no elected representative from the ruling party has raised the issue. A strong opposition is needed, he said.
Thackeray’s first rally scheduled at a school’s ground on Bajirao Road could not be held. Heavy rain at the start of the rally led to severe waterlogging.
He has targeted the Centre for harping on Article 370 when the country is passing through a grave financial crisis.
In another rally in Pune, he said the BJP had not paid any attention to the Smart City work.
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