This development had deeply embarrassed the Mahayuti coalition government or Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP, which was battling a massive Maratha agitation led by Shivba outfit leader Manoj Jarange-Patil.
Although Patil's name was tentatively announced as the Hingoli candidate in late March, despite his insistence to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the party withdrew it at the last minute due to a string of resignations. Was forced to take. And Ajit Pawar.
Undeterred by threats of opposition and dissent among party workers, Shinde acted determinedly and replaced Patil with Baburao Kadam-Kohalikar, a low-profile activist with a peasant background.
He will face Maha Vikas Aghadi's Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Nagesh Patil-Ashtikar, former MLA, Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghad candidate Dr BD Chauhan and other small parties and independent candidates.
After coming into existence in 1977, Hingoli remained a Congress stronghold, but later became a (undivided) Shiv Sena stronghold, while the BJP is yet to open its account here.It first elected a Janata Party candidate in 1977; Congress candidates were then elected five times; Four times it was Shiv Sena and once (undivided NCP candidate (2004)).
Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency, spread over three districts (Yavatmal, Hindoli and Nanded), comprises six assembly constituencies, three of which are currently held by the BJP, and one each by ruling allies Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP.
They are BJP's Umarkhed-SC (MLA Namdev J Sasane), Kinwat (MLA Bhimra Keram), Hingoli (MLA Tanaji S Mutkule); Kalamanuri (Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar), Basmath (NCP, MLA Chandrakant R Navghare) and Hadgaon (Congress, ML Madhavrao N Pawar).
With a predominantly rural population, this constituency with 11.80 lakh (Census 2011) people is home to the famous Aundha Nagnath Shiv Temple, one of the 12 and one of the five Jyotirlingas in Maharashtra.
Before it came to Maharashtra (1956), it was controlled by the Nizam Empire of Hyderabad as a major military base and had witnessed at least two bloody wars in its earlier history.The first war was fought between the forces of Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and the Marathas in 1787, followed by a second between two local rulers in 1857 – the same year that the First War of Indian Independence began.
Although Patil's name was tentatively announced as the Hingoli candidate in late March, despite his insistence to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the party withdrew it at the last minute due to a string of resignations. Was forced to take. And Ajit Pawar.
Undeterred by threats of opposition and dissent among party workers, Shinde acted determinedly and replaced Patil with Baburao Kadam-Kohalikar, a low-profile activist with a peasant background.
He will face Maha Vikas Aghadi's Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Nagesh Patil-Ashtikar, former MLA, Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghad candidate Dr BD Chauhan and other small parties and independent candidates.
After coming into existence in 1977, Hingoli remained a Congress stronghold, but later became a (undivided) Shiv Sena stronghold, while the BJP is yet to open its account here.It first elected a Janata Party candidate in 1977; Congress candidates were then elected five times; Four times it was Shiv Sena and once (undivided NCP candidate (2004)).
Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency, spread over three districts (Yavatmal, Hindoli and Nanded), comprises six assembly constituencies, three of which are currently held by the BJP, and one each by ruling allies Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP.
They are BJP's Umarkhed-SC (MLA Namdev J Sasane), Kinwat (MLA Bhimra Keram), Hingoli (MLA Tanaji S Mutkule); Kalamanuri (Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar), Basmath (NCP, MLA Chandrakant R Navghare) and Hadgaon (Congress, ML Madhavrao N Pawar).
With a predominantly rural population, this constituency with 11.80 lakh (Census 2011) people is home to the famous Aundha Nagnath Shiv Temple, one of the 12 and one of the five Jyotirlingas in Maharashtra.
Before it came to Maharashtra (1956), it was controlled by the Nizam Empire of Hyderabad as a major military base and had witnessed at least two bloody wars in its earlier history.The first war was fought between the forces of Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and the Marathas in 1787, followed by a second between two local rulers in 1857 – the same year that the First War of Indian Independence began.
