Friday, October 23, 2009
Shree Vivek Pandit elected in Vasai
Vasai-Virar: Shramajivi Sanghatana's Vivek Pandit has won the Vasai assembly seat with a margin of 16,737 votes after defeating Bahujan Vikas Aghadi's candidate Narayan Mankar.
The controversial issue of inducting 53 villages into the jurisdiction of the newly-formed Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC), and the protest against this move, proved fruitful for Pandit. The state formed the VVMC in March and inducted these villages in the civic corporation.
After the move, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi's legislator Hitendra Thakur and newly-elected MP Baliram Jadhav had to face the ire of villagers. For two days in August, Vasai saw violent protests. Pandit started an indefinite hunger strike against the induction, and ultimately, the government had to take note and appointed a committee to review the move.
The Gaon Bachao Aandolan Samiti, which was formed to protest against the VVMC, offered support to Pandit on the condition that he would have no truce with the Sena or other parties. Pandit agreed and polled 81,249 votes, while his rival Mankar got 64,512 votes. "I will now ensure that villages don't come under the ambit of the VVMC," said Pandit.
IMO: So the strongman has been trounced, and the Vasai area will hopefully benefit even more from Vivek Pandit who has done much useful work in areas like social work and combating slavery. The light of hope arises, like a great beacon, from Vasai !
(Note added 2/10/09: of course AFAIK Vivek Pandit actually stood as Sena candidate a year or so ago as for some reason Congress did not want to support him, but he definitely sounds a very good choice and many Sena views have been fair and uplifting - apparently even MNS Sena were getting some Muslim votes !)
The controversial issue of inducting 53 villages into the jurisdiction of the newly-formed Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC), and the protest against this move, proved fruitful for Pandit. The state formed the VVMC in March and inducted these villages in the civic corporation.
After the move, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi's legislator Hitendra Thakur and newly-elected MP Baliram Jadhav had to face the ire of villagers. For two days in August, Vasai saw violent protests. Pandit started an indefinite hunger strike against the induction, and ultimately, the government had to take note and appointed a committee to review the move.
The Gaon Bachao Aandolan Samiti, which was formed to protest against the VVMC, offered support to Pandit on the condition that he would have no truce with the Sena or other parties. Pandit agreed and polled 81,249 votes, while his rival Mankar got 64,512 votes. "I will now ensure that villages don't come under the ambit of the VVMC," said Pandit.
IMO: So the strongman has been trounced, and the Vasai area will hopefully benefit even more from Vivek Pandit who has done much useful work in areas like social work and combating slavery. The light of hope arises, like a great beacon, from Vasai !
(Note added 2/10/09: of course AFAIK Vivek Pandit actually stood as Sena candidate a year or so ago as for some reason Congress did not want to support him, but he definitely sounds a very good choice and many Sena views have been fair and uplifting - apparently even MNS Sena were getting some Muslim votes !)
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