With local body polls nearing, political parties are taking efforts to woo the voters in their own style and are also trying to stay ahead of their opponent parties. Most aspirants endeavoured during Ganeshotsav and Navratri when maximum programmes were organised. As far as Graduates polls are concerned, the Congress has stepped ahead of others as it has already declared name of its candidate-Adv Abhijeet Wanjari, the present MLC of the same constituency. Now Bharatiya Janata Party, in its style, adopted a new approach wherein, it is tapping the voters who usually don’t vote for it. As its city President Dayashankar Tiwari said, ‘No voter should be left out of political arena,’ the party workers are contacting citizens. City BJP team is trying to cover at least 50 wards, 700 booths and over 200 shakti kendras.

 

On the seventh day on Sunday, Tiwari-led team visited 52 wards, 758 booths, and 253 Shakti Kendras across seven divisions. The BJP office-bearers, workers are trying to reach every home and establish connect with the people, wherein they are interacting with people in person, in their own homes. During Tiwari’s visit, plans were made to organise ‘Mann Ki Baat’ at 12 different locations in each booth over 12 months, connecting citizens with it, and holding booth committee meetings every month within the same programme. The goal is to establish contact with estimated voters who do not vote for BJP.

 

This connect is being established through social platforms and religious festivals. It is trying to transform that contact into a friendly relationship, bringing them into the family circle, and then converting them into voting for BJP. Tiwari has clearly told the booth chiefs to pay special attention to ensure that no citizen of the area is left out of contact with politics in view of expanding voting. 

 

 

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Harshvardhan Sapkal has announced the names for the district-level coordinators for the 2026 Maharashtra Legislative Council polls. The term of Adv Abhijeet Wanjari, the present MLC of Graduate constituency and also the Senior Vice-President of MPCC, is ending after 14 months. Congress has already declared name of Adv Abhijeet Wanjari as its candidate for the 2026 Graduate polls. Satej Patil, Group Leader in Legislative Council is the Coordinator for Nagpur Division for the Legisaltive Council elections. The division comprises six districts, viz Nagpur, Wardha, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Bhandara and Gondia. Manikrao Thakre, Member of All India Congress Committee (AICC) has been appointed as Coordinator for Chandrapur district. Senior State Vice-President and former Minister Dr Sunil Deshmukh for Nagpur, ex-Education Minister Vasant Purke for Wardha, Senior Vice-President and ex-MLC Dr Wajahat Mirza for Bhandara, Senior Vice-President of MPCC Sachin Naik for Gadchiroli, General Secretary of MPCC Atul Kotecha for Gondia.