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Maharashtra RS polls: BJP luggage 3 of 6 seats in main setback to ruling Sena-NCP-Cong alliance

Through PTI

MUMBAI: In a significant setback to Maharashtra’s ruling alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, the BJP on Saturday received 3 of the six Rajya Sabha seats within the state, even because the ruling mix puzzled the eight-hour extend in counting of votes.

The winners come with BJP applicants Union minister Piyush Goyal and previous state minister Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik. Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut, NCP’s Praful Patel and Congress’ Imran Pratapgarhi additionally received the fiercely-fought elections.

The competition was once for the 6th seat the BJP had fielded former MP Dhananjay Mahadik and the Shiv Sena candidate was once Sanjay Pawar, who misplaced. Mahadik and Pawar hail from Kolhapur in western Maharashtra.

The high-stake combat for the 6th became out to be a nail-biting affair with the Congress and BJP buying and selling fees, even coming near the Election Fee.

“Elections are contested now not only for the combat, however the victory.bJai Maharashtra,” tweeted BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, whose refusal to have a consensus applicants for the Rajya Sabha ended in elections within the state after 23 years.

The counting of votes began after an eight-hour extend amid proceedings of move vote casting and laws violation through the BJP and the ruling alliance.bBoth BJP and the Shiv Sena approached the Election Fee, alleging move vote casting and looking for disqualification of votes.bThe ballot panel directed the Rajya Sabha election returning officer of Maharashtra to reject the vote forged through Shiv Sena legislator Suhas Kande, and then the counting of votes were given underway.