Kamptee: It’s BJP’s Bawankule Vs Cong’s Mulak
* While BJP candidate Chandrashekhar Bawankule is seeking third term, Congress’ Rajendra Mulak is looking for getting elected to Legislative Assembly after a gap of five years By Kartik Lokhande It’s expected to be the fight of the stalwarts in Kamptee constituency of Legislative Assembly this time. Against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s two-term MLA Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Congress has fielded former Minister of State Rajendra Mulak. Though Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have fielded their candidates, the main contest is between Bawankule and Mulak. Till 1995, Kamptee was a fortress of Congress. But, an Independent candidate Deorao Radke challenged two-term Congress MLA Yadavrao Bhoyar in 1990 and defeated the latter in 1995. However, he could not maintain the performance and was pushed to fourth place in 1999, when Sulekha Kumbhare of Republican Party of India (RPI) emerged winner. Kumbhare went on to become Minister of State in the then Congress-...