Political atmosphere hots up in Vidarbha for LS polls
27-02-14 * BJP pits Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur), Hansraj Ahir (Chandrapur), Ashok Nete (Gadchiroli), Nana Patole (Bhandara-Gondia), Sanjay Dhotre (Akola) * AAP fields Wamanrao Chatap (Chandrapur), Prashant Mishra (Bhandara-Gondia), and Bhawna Wasnik (Amravati) * NCP announces candidature to Praful Patel (Bhandara-Gondia), Navneet Rana (Amravati), and Krishnarao Ingle (Buldhana) Staff Reporter With seasoned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and first-timer Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) declaring lists of candidates from some Lok Sabha constituencies in Vidarbha, political atmosphere for Lok Sabha elections has started heating up. Now, all eyes are Congress which is yet to declare its candidates. As expected, BJP has announced ticket to Nitin Gadkari, former National President of the party, from his home-turf Nagpur. Gadkari was tipped to contest from Nagpur and he also had dropped enough hints in this regard. Already, he had started consolidating ...