KOLHAPUR: Jayashri Jadhav, widow of deceased Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav, on Friday said that she will contest on Congress ticket for upcoming bypoll for Kolhapur North Assembly seat vacated after the demise of her husband.
A day earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party state chief Chandrakant Patil had met the Jadhav family and requested Jayashri to contest on BJP ticket as she and Sambhaji Jadhav, brother of Chandrakant Jadhav, both were BJP corporators of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation and had longtime association with BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Patil had said that since the seat was left to Shiv Sena in the seat-sharing arrangement between BJP and Sena during 2019 assembly election, Chandrakant Jadhav had to contest the election on Congress ticket.
After the meeting, Patil had said that the family is yet to decide and will convey the decision in two days. His statement had caused some confusion among the Congress party workers.
Yuvraj Patil, close confidante of Jadhav family said, “During the meeting itself, we had cleared that since the seat was contested on Congress ticket, it will not be right to contest the bypoll on the ticket of any other party.”
Meanwhile, Chandrakant Patil said the decision to contest the bypoll with or without Jadhav family on board will be taken soon. The Congress leadership is trying to get leaders of all parties on board to get the seat elected unopposed.
