Parwe joins Shiv Sena May be fielded from Ramtek
   Date :25-Mar-2024
 
Parwe joins Shiv Sena
 
 
 
 
 
Staff Reporter
 
 
Finally, Raju Parwe, MLA from Umred, resigned from Congress and joined Shiv Sena (Shinde group). Mahayuti may field him from Ramtek. With this development, the drama that was going on around Parwe for the last few days has ended. Meanwhile, Pratibha Dhanorkar will contest from Chandrapur on Congress ticket while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) repeated Ashok Nete from Gadchiroli-Chimur and Sunil Mendhe from Bhandara-Gondia.
 
Parwe joined Shiv Sena at ‘Varsha’, the official residence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, in the presence of bothDeputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, present Ramtek MP Krupal Tumane, Chimur MLA Bunty Bhangadia, Shiv Sena Vidarbha Organiser Kiran Pandav, Ramtek MLA Ashish Jaiswal. Parwe won Umred seat in Nagpur district on a Congress ticket in the 2019 assembly elections. Shiv Sena (undivided) won at Ramtek in 1999, 2004, 2014 and 2019 elections.
 
Parwe joins Shiv Sena  
 
A week ago, Parwe’s name started doing rounds for Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency as BJP candidate, after he met Fadnavis. After several rounds of discussions, Shiv Sena succeeded in retaining the seat with it, but BJP insisted to not to field Tumane, disclosed sources. Agreeing to it, Sena has made up its mind to field Parwe in place of Tumane from Ramtek. In that case, Parwe will have to fight against Rashmi Barve, whom Congress has fielded from Ramtek.