BJP’s Girish Vyas elected unopposed as MLC, Congress bows out of race
Staff Reporter Girish Vyas, State Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was elected unopposed to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nagpur Local Authorities’ Constituency. His elected was declared by the administration, after both the Congress candidates bowed out of the race on Saturday, the last day for withdrawal of nominations. Initially, there were six candidates in the fray for the seat. These included independent candidates Suresh Paunikar and Nitin Rai, Congress candidates Ashok Singh Chauhan and Sanjay Mahakalkar, and BJP candidates Girish Vyas and Pravin Datke, Mayor. There was supposedly a contest between Girish Vyas and Ashok Singh Chauhan as both were official candidates. However, on Saturday, as all the other candidates withdrew from the fray and only Girish Vyas of BJP remained, he was declared as elected unopposed. Sachin Kurve, District Collector and Election Officer, handed over the certificate of election to Vyas. Nitin Gadkari, Unio...