Congress united in receiving Patole at railway station
Ramu Bhagwat | TNN | Mar 16, 2019, 04:50 IST
Nagpur: “Nitin Gadkari is like my elder brother. I have all regards for him,” said Nana Patole, the Congress nominee for the city seat in the Lok Sabha elections.
Patole was returning the compliment and good wishes extended by Gadkari as he reached here on Friday from Delhi to a grand reception by Congress workers and leaders who crowded the railway station to welcome him. Nagpur goes to the poll on April 11.
“If we stay united and work hard, defeating Gadkari in the elections will be easy, and I feel very confident of winning with a good margin,” said Patole amid loud cheering by party workers.
The Congress party mounted a picture of unity as a large number of party men cutting across factional allegiances reached the city railway station to receive Patole. City president Vikas Thakre took the lead and he was surrounded by top members of the party.
For nearly an hour, there was total chaos and stampede-like situation after Patole alighted from the Bengaluru-bound Rajdhani Express on platform no. 2. There was a scramble to garland him and give him good wishes for the poll contest. Crackers were burst as party men expressed joy and set into the election mode.
Ex-MP Vilas Muttemwar, who lost to Gadkari in 2014, was not present but his son Vishal was there. Thakre and other functionaries received him and amid playing of a band the procession started. They walked down to nearby Tekdi Ganesh temple and then proceeded on vehicles to Deekshabhoomi and Tajbagh.
“Once the party has finalized the candidate, its time we forget internal differences,” said ex-MP Gev Awari who was present with his supporters. Tanaji Wanve, leader of opposition in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, also garlanded Patole and accompanied him up to Ganesh temple.
“Looks like the party is ticking the right boxes one by one. All negatives are now gone and we can expect the Congress to give a tough fight to take on the BJP in RSS’s backyard,” was the remark of Vijay Barse, a minority cell leader of the Congress and slum-football hero.
Patole was returning the compliment and good wishes extended by Gadkari as he reached here on Friday from Delhi to a grand reception by Congress workers and leaders who crowded the railway station to welcome him. Nagpur goes to the poll on April 11.
“If we stay united and work hard, defeating Gadkari in the elections will be easy, and I feel very confident of winning with a good margin,” said Patole amid loud cheering by party workers.
The Congress party mounted a picture of unity as a large number of party men cutting across factional allegiances reached the city railway station to receive Patole. City president Vikas Thakre took the lead and he was surrounded by top members of the party.
For nearly an hour, there was total chaos and stampede-like situation after Patole alighted from the Bengaluru-bound Rajdhani Express on platform no. 2. There was a scramble to garland him and give him good wishes for the poll contest. Crackers were burst as party men expressed joy and set into the election mode.
Ex-MP Vilas Muttemwar, who lost to Gadkari in 2014, was not present but his son Vishal was there. Thakre and other functionaries received him and amid playing of a band the procession started. They walked down to nearby Tekdi Ganesh temple and then proceeded on vehicles to Deekshabhoomi and Tajbagh.
“Once the party has finalized the candidate, its time we forget internal differences,” said ex-MP Gev Awari who was present with his supporters. Tanaji Wanve, leader of opposition in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, also garlanded Patole and accompanied him up to Ganesh temple.
“Looks like the party is ticking the right boxes one by one. All negatives are now gone and we can expect the Congress to give a tough fight to take on the BJP in RSS’s backyard,” was the remark of Vijay Barse, a minority cell leader of the Congress and slum-football hero.
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