Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari cast his vote in the Nagpur Graduates’ constituency on Friday morning, as polling began for five Teachers’ and Graduates’ seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. The senior BJP leader, along with his wife Kanchan Gadkari, son and daughter-in-law, exercised his franchise at the polling centre at New English School in the city’s Mahal area.
The BJP has fielded former MLA Sudhakar Kohale for the polls in the Nagpur Graduates’ constituency. Gadkari himself had been an MLC from this constituency for several terms.
The Congress has nominated sitting MLC Abhijeet Wanjari here.
Besides the Nagpur Graduates’ constituency, the biennial elections are also being held in the Pune Division Graduates’, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) Graduates’, Pune Teachers’ and Amravati Teachers’ constituencies.
The Mahayuti, comprising the BJP, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Sunetra Pawar-led NCP, and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of the Congress, Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) and Uddhav Thackeray-headed Shiv Sena (UBT) are contesting all five seats.
The counting of votes is scheduled for October 27, while the election process will be completed by October 31, officials have said.
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