Kopri-Pachpakhadi Election Result: Eknath Shinde Takes Leads In Early Trends

In the very early trends, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde takes leads from the Kopri-Pachpakhadi assembly constituency. The rival Kedar Dighe of the Shiv Sena (UBT) is trailing with 1424 votes.

Shinde has been representing the constituency since 2009 and was formerly the legislator of the Thane Assembly segment from 2004 to 2009. In the 2019 election, he defeated Congress candidate Sanjay Ghadigaonkar by a margin of 89,300 votes. In the previous 2014 election, Shinde emerged victorious, defeating Sandeep Lele of the BJP. Shinde secured 1,00,316 votes, while Lele garnered 48,447 votes.

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Shinde moulded his political personality through the mentorship of Thane strongman Anand Dighe. After Dighe’s death, Shinde continued his legacy, emerged as a powerful Shena leader, and made Thane his political bastion. In the present polls, he will be encountering Kedar, Dighe’s nephew.

Though Kedar was active in the Thane politics since 2006, his name never came in the spotlight, Indian Express reports. He held several positions in Yuva Sena, the Sena UBT’s youth wing. A new face in electoral politics, Kedar is attempting to establish an emotional connection with the electorate, citing his late uncle’s legacy. The Thackeray group is attempting to evoke sympathy in favour of Kedar through Anand Dighe’s name and present him as a real successor to Dighe’s political inheritance than Shinde

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