![]() ![]() A replacement for Kalawati Bandurkar, a fellow farming widow praised by Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, Bais carries the weight of expectation of a rural constituency with maximum suicides of destitute farmers.īandurkar withdrew as candidate of the Swatantra Bharat Paksha at the last minute due to ill health, but Bais doesn't prove to be a disappointment. ![]() Like other Marathi-dominated constituencies, Mahim has a tricky triangular contest, as the MNS has also fielded its candidate: Nitin Sardesai, leaving all the major parties to fight for the Marathi vote.Īt Wani constituency, 42-year-old Babytai Bais has no simple task at hand. A ‘sainik’ from his childhood, he had no problems in determining the party. Replacing a devoted sainik, Sada Sarvankar, as the Sena's preferred candidate only underlines the pressure to win, hardly easy thing even for a TV celebrity, given that Sarvankar has switched his allegiance to the Congress to fight him.Īccording to Bandekar, the change from TV presenter to a politician will not be a difficult one, especially if his attempt to enter the Assembly turns out to be successful. For winning elections, Bandekar perhaps need to present promises and the determination to fulfil them, a task he has taken upon himself in the Maharashtra elections.īandekar's door knockings happen now at the Mahim constituency, where he is contesting the October 13 elections as a Shiv Sena candidate. In the show “Home Minister,” which has won the highest approval ratings amongst Marathi television viewers, he would present house wives with prizes for performing simple tasks. ![]()
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