THE LAST LAP The slip will have the voter’s name, photograph, address of the polling station and the voter’s serial number. This slip will be a voter’s proof of identity at the time of voting. If a The administration received about 2.14 lakh applications during a drive on March 9 that was extended up to March 15. About 3,000 applications were received till March 22. Citizens can slip does not have a photo on it, the voter will have to carry a photo identity proof to the check for their names on the state chief electoral officer’s website after a few days polling station —AN OFFICIAL FROM THE DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICE Dance of Democracy BATTLEGROUND | 7APR-12MAY, 2014 FOLLOW DANCE OF DEMOCRACY ON @TOI_ELECTIONS * | WEDNESDAY | APRIL 2, 2014

PAWARS HAVE REMAINED UNSHAKEABLE ON HOME GROUND FOR DECADES CONSTITUENCYCONTITUENCY PROFILE PROFILE In sugar belt, it’s CONG NCP Assembly Polls 2009 Results BARAMATI Sule confident, BJP Baramati Indapur: Bhor INDEPENDENT Sangram Thopte Ajit Pawar Harshvardhan Patil all in the family 59,041 1,28,544 92,729 others gear up Cong-NCP Leaders Ensure Kin Get Party Tickets Khadakwasla Bhimrao Tapkir Daund Radheshyam Jadhav TNN TIES THAT BIND Purandar n MADHA 59,634 Ramesh Thorat for a big fight Vijay Shivtare Voting Counting : A cursory glance at the n PUNE VIJAYSINH MOHITE-PATIL | NCP 85,764 list of candidates contesting ä Former deputy CM and state 67,998 Sarang Dastane TNN Indapur and Bhor assemb- VISHWAJEET KADAM | CONGRESS APRIL MAY the polls from a minister. His son Ranjeet is a Election ly segments are represented dozen constituencies in the ä Son of state minister former MP, his brother Pratapsinh 2014 17 16 Pune: Candidates pitted by Congress MLAs Harsh- cash-rich sugar belt of Maha- Patangrao Kadam is a former MLA and minister against sitting member of vardhan Patil and Sangram rashtra, indicates how top n Parliament are Thopte while Daund is repre- leaders of the Congress and n KOLHAPUR LOK SABHA POLLS (2009) up against a formidable task sented by independent MLA PRATIK PATIL | CONGRESS the Nationalist Congress Par- | NCP of dethroning her. The BJP Ramesh Thorat. All three are ty continue to dominate the ä Grandson of late CM ä Nephew of MLC Mahadev Supriya Sule and Shiv Sena have fielded arch rivals of the Pawars. Pu- political scene in the region. Vasantdada Patil and son of Mahadik NCP 4,87,827 66.59% Mahadev Jankar of Rashtri- randar is represented by Vijay late MP Prakash Patil The Pawars, the Kadams, n AHMEDNAGAR Kanta Nalawade ya Samaj Party, while the Aam Shivtare of Shiv Sena while the Patils, the Shindes and n HATKANANGLE BJP 1,50,996 20.61% Admi Party’s nominee is for- Khadakwasla is represented the Awades, all families of po- RAJIV RAJALE | NCP mer IPS officer Suresh Kho- by BJP’s Bhimrao Tapkir. KALLAPPA AWADE | CONGRESS Vivek Patil litical heavyweights have en- ä Cousin of state minister FIGURES INDICATE THE VOTES EACH CANDIDATE POLLED pade. Jankar has a fairly good ä Former MP and state BSP 29,864 % sured party nominations, ei- Balasaheb Thorat 04.08 Between them, Union agri- backing among the farmers minister. His son Prakash is Expenditure ther for themselves or for n MP’s Local Area culture minister Sharad Pa- and backward communities. their kin in the Lok Sabha former state minister and MLA incurred ` Cr Total voters war, Sule’s father, and her cou- The Aam Admi Party is eye- | NCP Development Fund 12.57 polls. These families have an n SOLAPUR (2009-2014) 15.93 lakh sin Ajit Pawar, have ing to attract votes from urban ä His uncle late Abhaysinhraje Percentage iron grip over the cooperative | CONGRESS WHAT THE CANDIDATES SAY... represented the constituency sector in the region and con- was state minister, his cousin Voters’ turnout 46.07 for decades. Sule too is confi- The opposition is ä Daughter Praniti is an MLA Shivendraraje is an MLA trol education institutes, I am not over confident. I am optimistic that 7.34 lakh dent about a second consecu- banking on the change milk cooperatives, district n BARAMATI tive term in the Lok Sabha. n MAVAL voters would appreciate the efforts I have put in the demographics of central banks and coopera- SUPRIYA SULE | NCP In a record of sorts, all RAHUL NARVEKAR | NCP in during the last five years. I know the constituency and I Baramati constituency tive financial bodies. ä Father is VOTER PROFILE three have never lost a Lok While close and distant ä He is the son-in-law of senior am well acquainted with the issues that need attention. Sabha election from Barama- after its delimitation in Union minister, cousin Ajit is NCP MLA and former minister relatives of a handful of fam- The constituency is witnessing rapid ä Five of the six assembly ti, their hometown. While the 2008. Many rural deputy chief minister Ramraje Naik–Nimbalkar ilies represent the region in urbanization. A significant area is attached constituencies —Daund, Bhor, senior Pawar was elected to pockets in Bhosari, the the panchayats, the civic bod- Parliament six times from to Pune city. I will focus on resolving urban Indapur, Baramati and Purandar— traditional vote bank of ies and the state assembly, As per the Congress-NCP on the region because they are in the rural parts with voters here, Ajit won once in 1991, near ones are vying for the seat-sharing formula, the control sugar mills and other issues like water management, while Supriya bagged the seat the NCP, were deleted transportation and employment generation either farmers or those employed Lok Sabha seats. The lone ex- Congress is contesting five cooperatives. In rural areas in the agro industry. The in 2009. To make inroads, the from Baramati ception is of Shirdi for Con- Lok Sabha seats in the sugar common people and farmers saffron alliance has planned a Supriya Sule | NCP Khadakwasla constituency has a gress and Shirur for the NCP belt — Pune, Sangli, Hatka- have to depend on them for ev- series of public meetings to be pockets of Khadakwasla. large population of urban voters Top leaders of the parties nangle, Shirdi and Solapur. erything. This picture is The Pawars have failed to ensure balanced addressed by Gopinath “It will not be a simple elec- seem to have bowed down to The NCP is contesting from changing with Swabhimani Munde and Uddhav Thacke- tion for Pawar and his family. the wishes of these influen- the remaining seven — Kol- Shetkari Sanghatana build- development of the constituency. While areas ä While Baramati has been with ray. People here are fed up with tial leaders by nominating hapur, Ahmednagar, Maval, ing its base in the region. This like Baramati have all the infrastructure, most other the NCP right through the The opposition is banking them. They want change. their near ones as candidates Shirur, Madha, Baramati and election would not be easy for places are deprived of basic amenities such as water decades, voters in Bhor, Daund on the change in the demo- They want someone who will in as many as 10 of the total 12 Satara. the NCP-Congress alliance as and roads. Funds that have come for the and Indapur have supported graphics of Baramati Lok focus on development of the the Congress constituencies. In the proc- “The entire sugar politics the BJP and the Shiv Sena entire constituency have been spent only Sabha constituency following entire constituency and not ess, the parties have neglect- of the state is in hands of have joined hands with the its delimitation in 2008. Many just Baramati city,” said Sen- ed loyal workers who had these families. They have sanghatana,” said political in specific pockets. People are agitated by ä Land owners in Khadakwasla rural pockets in Bhosari, the a’s MLA from Purandar Vijay toiled for the party for years. managed to keep their hold scientist Ashok Chausalkar. this biased approach of NCP leaders and Bhor have fetched good traditional vote bank of the Shivtare, who is also the cam- Nationalist Congress Party paign manager for Jankar. Mahadev Jankar | BJP, SHIV SENA AND RASHTRIYA income from land deals. (NCP) were deleted from Ba- Sule’s supporters feel the POLL NOTES SAMAJ PARTY Significant number of farmers in Indapur and Baramati cultivate ramati following the delimita- victory of their leader is a Distribution of voter Booth level assistants of politi- Helpline for voters: The Au- AAP is fighting the election to sugarcane owing to good tion process. It included a new foregone conclusion. “We are cal parties may be roped in to rangabad district poll office availability of water. Though class of urban voters from the not bothered by the change in change the existing outdated fringe areas of Pune city in demographics and the unfa- slips from today distribute slips. TNN has set up a helpline and griev- horticulture has picked up in political system. Only some families are controlling Baramati. vorable power equations in ance reddressal cell to facil- Purandar and Daund, some he district administration Aurangabad ex-MP in fray: itate problems faced by citi- Moreover, the power equa- five assembly segments. It the political system of the entire country. areas are still rainfed Twill start distributing slips Even as the Congress has field- zens ahead of the Lok Sabha We want to give power to the powerless tions in five of the six assemb- was the same situation in 2009 ly segments in the constituen- yet she won by a margin of to voters in Pune district from ed Nitin Patil from Aurangabad and assembly elections. “Citi- and introduce a political model where the ä Baramati, with its cooperative Wednesday. There are more Lok Sabha constituency, senior zens coming across any prob- sugar factories and several small- cy have changed. Except for over 3.37 lakh votes. When it than 65 lakh voters in the four party leader and former MP Ut- lemcan call on the toll-free voice of common man will be supreme scale industries, grew on the Baramati city assembly seg- comes to Lok Sabha, the vot- Lok Sabha constituencies. The tamsingh Pawar on Tuesday number 18002339234,” district Suresh Khopade | AAP political map with Pawars’ rise ment, represented by Ajit Pa- ers here vote for the Pawar exercise will be completed four said he is very much in the fray. deputy poll officer Shashikant war, the NCP is not in power in family, come what may,” an days before polling day on “I will file nomination papers Hadgal said.“The cell will func- the remaining five. NCP leader said. KEY ISSUES Overall development, water availability, farmers’ problems April 17. The voter slip initia- on April 3 and hope that the tion round the clock. People tive was announced by the party high command would can also register complaints Election Commission of India. change its decision by April 5. regarding candidates crossing The district administration has Congress recently denied tick- the expenditure limit and vio- Sena, MNS asked block level officers to et to Pawar, who was aggres- lating the model code of con- It’s the joke of the year, Uddhav’s hand over the slips to voters. sively lobbying for it. TNN duct,” he added. TNN slug it out, BJP mum level of thinking is low: Pawar Ambarish Mishra TNN Prafulla Marpakwar TNN drafting a new policy for the : The Thackeray cou- Ink remark: EC vexed with Pawar but no FIR welfare of hailstorm-hit sins are locked in a verbal dual Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief farmers. In an interview to Se- he Election Commission on Tuesday expressed “displeasure” at over the MNS being added to the Uddhav na mouthpiece Saamna on NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s controversial “erase ink, vote twice” Shiv Sena-BJP alliance. Thackeray T Monday, Uddhav claimed Pa- remark and asked him to be more careful with his words and conduct MNS chief Raj Thackeray, at and NCP war’s style of functioning was in future. Though it pointed out that Pawar’s call to people to vote at a rally in Pune on Sunday, ac- president “completely different. He si- more than one place violated Section 171D of the IPC, but the EC cused Sena president Uddhav Sharad multaneously showers prais- decided not to pursue the matter further, in view of him regretting Thackeray of blocking his par- Pawar are es on a large number of poli- the remark. “The Commission conveys its displeasure to you and ty’s entry, as proposed by the locked in a ticians, as a result of which, expects you, as a senior politician and president of a national party, state BJP, into the alliance. war of during the formation of the to be careful in future to ensure that by words/conduct you do not Uddhav, however, told Saam- words, fir- government, all options are violate model code of conduct,” the EC told Pawar. TNN na on Monday that having the ing salvos at each other. open for him”. “A month ago, MNS on board the alliance was A day after Uddhav an- he praised BJP prime ministe- the brainwave of not the entire nounced that he would not al- going down day by day,” Sha- in Vidarbha, Pawar slammed rial candidate Narendra Mo- BJP, but just one low NCP’s entry into the NDA, rad Pawar said. Joining him, Uddhav for “his lack of vision di, that is his style… we will BJP leader (read ). the Maratha strongman on his nephew Ajit Pawar also and inability to lead the orga- not succumb to his plan... we The war of words between Tuesday called it “the joke of launched a tirade against nization”, while Ajit criti- will never allow him to enter Uddhav and Raj will further the year”. “It’s the joke of the Uddhav for his “uncalled-for cized him for failing to erect a the NDA,” Uddhav said. erode the saffron alliance’s cred- year... there is no need to take statements”. The Pawars have memorial de- Uddhav claimed that after ibility among voters, poll pun- Uddhav’s statement seriously, even urged him to “self-intro- spite his party controlling the the elections, NDA would not dits said. The state BJP has been his level of thinking is low, he spect, particularly over the BMC. require the support of non- silent. is making irresponsible and manner in which born Sena Uddhav has been criticiz- NDA parties for the formation Stating that the state BJP immature statements, that is leaders were leaving the orga- ing the Pawars for lack of de- of government. “We will have was keen on having the MNS on the reason why Shiv Sena is nization”. Addressing rallies velopment of the state and sufficient numbers,” he said. board, Raj said the BJP leaders Starting a school is not easy. who were pursuing the idea lat- It is even more difficult to sustain quality year after year. er came to him saying that Udd- ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Mandar Deshpande hav had shot down the proposal. ‘Predict result, Full Turn-Key to Support to Start Complete Academic Solutions for It was Uddhav who played spoil- New Schools ICSE / CBSE/ FIB / CIE/ Existing Schools sport, even as he maintained `` that the Sena had sent overtures win 21 lakh’ Projects may be taken up at any stage of A Aseparate and exclusive curriculum provides to the MNS, Raj added. Samrat Phadnis TNN development: conceptual, pre and post complete academic solution: books, Uddhav said in the Saamna building construction or mid-way through personalised diagnostic tests and reports, interview that BJP bigwigs Raj- Kolhapur: The Maharashtra running. Build, Own, Operate. 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