Mixed bag for political ‘dynasts’

The Maharashtra Assembly poll was a mixed bag for political ‘dynasts’ who contested the elections. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), which had a dismal political outcome, saw a silver lining in its party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aditya Thackeray, who...

Aksheev Thakur

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, Updated At : 06:25 AM Nov 24, 2024 IST

BJP workers celebrate victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections in Nagpur on Saturday. PTI

Aditya defeated Milind Deora, a former Congress MP who jumped the ship and joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in January, with a margin of 8,801 votes. Milind is the son of former Congress leader Murli Deora.

While NCP leader Nawab Malik lost the election, his daughter Sana Malik, who contested from Anushakti Nagar constituency, defeated NCP (SP) Fahad Ahmad, who is married to actress Swara Bhaskar.

Former Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh’s elder son Amit Deshmukh won from Latur (city), while younger son Dhiraj Deshmukh lost from Latur (rural).

Amit defeated BJP’s Archana Patil Chakurkar, who is the daughter in-law of veteran Congress leader Shivraj Patil, by a margin of 7,000 votes and Dhiraj lost to BJP’s Ramesh Karad by 6,000 votes. Nilesh Rane, son of former Union Minister and ex-Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane, won from the Kudal Assembly constituency by more than 8,000 votes.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray’s son Amit Thackeray, who made his political debut, lost to Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Mahesh Baliram Sawant from Mahim. Chavan Sreejaya Ashokrao, daughter of former Maharashtra CM and now a BJP MP Ashok Chavan won from Bhokar by more than 50,000 votes.

In Karnataka, Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy lost to CP Yogeshwara in Channapatna by 25,413 votes. Bharath Bommai, son of former Karnataka CM and now a BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai, lost to Congress’ Pathan Yasir Ahmed Khan in Shiggaon by 13,448 votes.

In Jharkhand, Purnima Sahu, daughter of former CM Raghubar Das, won on a BJP ticket from Jamshedpur East by 1,07,191 votes, defeating Congress’s Ajoy Kumar. Babulal Soren, son of CM Champai Soren lost by 2 lakh votes to JMM’s Ram Das Soren in Ghatsila.