Sons In The Fray: Amol Jawale Versus Dhananjay Chaudhari In Raver

After the rejection of the Raver Lok Sabha seat in the recent elections,  BJP leader Amol Haribhau Jawale received nomination for the Raver Assembly segment in the upcoming Maharashtra elections. He is the son of former two-time MP late Haribhau Jawale.

After the death of his father, Jawale worked hard for the development of the constituency. A BJP loyalist, the party exhibited confidence in Jawale and entrusted him with the responsibility of West District President position.

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Meanwhile, Senior Congress leader and sitting Raver MLA Shirish Chaudhari has decided to field his son Dhananjay from the constituency. In the 2019 elections, Shirish has defeated then sitting BJP MLA and Amole Jawale’s father Haribhau by a margin of 15,609 votes. Raver was the sole seat won by Congress in Jalgaon district during the 2019 Assembly polls. In 2014, Haribhau defeated Shirish and won the seat by a margin of 10,000 votes.

Citing health reasons, Shirish did not want to contest from the Raver assembly seat and wanted to give the ticket to his son. “I have requested Balasaheb Thorat [Congress Legislature party leader] and the party’s state chief, Nana Patole, to give the ticket to my son as I am not willing to contest the Raver seat during the forthcoming state assembly polls due to health reasons,” the Times of India quotes, as the Chaudhari is saying.

In 2009, Shirish won the seat for the first time by contesting as an independent candidate. Traditionally, Raver is considered as the constituency of freedom fighter and former Legislative Assembly Speaker Madhukarrao Chaudhary.

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The 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra will go to polls on November 20 and counting of votes will take place on November 23. The ruling Mahayuti alliance consists of the BJP, the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led breakaway faction of the Shiv Sena, and the deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).  The opposition alliance comprise the INDIA bloc’s MVA or the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which has the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), or SS (UBT) led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray, the NCP (SP) faction led by Sharad Pawar and the Congress.