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Staff Reporter While the tangle over the ‘Mahayuti’ of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, and other parties continues in Maharashtra ahead of Legislative Assembly polls, the leaders of BJP and Shiv Sena in Nagpur district want the 25-years-long alliance to remain intact. Soon after winning the elections to the posts of Zilla Parishad (ZP) President and Vice-President, the leaders of BJP and Shiv Sena from rural areas of the district felt that the alliance between the two parties always helped each other. They strongly advocated resolution of ‘whatever disputes’ between BJP and Shiv Sena, so that the ruling Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) could be dethroned from State Government. Krupal Tumane, Shiv Sena MP from Ramtek, told reporters that ‘Mahayuti’ should continue in State. “The pattern of co-operation adopted by workers of BJP and Shiv Sena in Nagpur Zilla Parishad, is ideal. We just hope that all the senior leaders of both the parties pay heed to ...

23-03-14 LS Constituency Profile -- Ramtek By Kartik Lokhande  Of a total 14 Lok Sabha elections it saw till 2009, Ramtek constituency has elected Congress candidate 12 times. The only two times when the constituency chose another candidate -- that is, of Shiv Sena -- was in 1999 and 2004. Come 2014, and once again there is a contest between Congress’ heavyweight Mukul Wasnik and Shiv Sena candidate Krupal Tumane. Ramtek constituency of Lok Sabha came into being in 1957 elections. In the very first election, as happened in most of the constituencies in the country, Ramtek elected Congress candidate Krishnarao G Deshmukh. Since then, Congress candidates got elected from this constituency till 1998. In 1999, for the first time, Shiv Sena wrested this constituency from Congress. Shiv Sena candidate Subodh Mohite got elected and went on to become Union Heavy Industries Minister in BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government. He got elected the in the next e...

22-03-14 * The total worth of assets of BJP candidate Nitin Gadkari and his family is Rs 20.23 crore while that of AAP candidate Anjali Damania is Rs 19.31 crore Staff Reporter The last day of filing nominations for Lok Sabha polls saw some prominent candidates joining the fray. All eyes were specially on former National President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Nagpur candidate Nitin Gadkari, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Nagpur constituency Anjali Damania, and Shiv Sena candidate from Ramtek constituency Krupal Tumane. The assets shown by them in their affidavits were in discussion throughout the evening in various circles. As per the affidavits filed by these candidates, Gadkari is the richest candidate in Nagpur district -- that is, in both the constituencies of Nagpur and Ramtek. The total worth of movable and immovable assets of himself and his family is Rs 20,23,61,475. This includes his own assets worth Rs 13,34,98,792 including movable and immovable...