Mumbai, 01 July

(HS): Sachin Ahir, who defected from UBT Sena on Tuesday was elected Deputy

Chairman of Legislative Council on Wednesday. He was elected unopposed. Ahir

resigned from all the positions he held in UBT Sena on Tuesday morning and filed

nomination papers for the election of Deputy Chairman as Mahayuti candidate.

UBT nominee

Jagannath Abhyankar had filed nomination papers, but withdrew to elect Ahir without

opposition. Chandrakant Patil appealed to Abhyankar to withdraw his nomination

to elect Deputy Chairman without any opposition as a tradition, to which he

agreed.

CM Devendra

Fadnavis, and outgoing Deputy Deputy Chairperson Dr Neelam Gorhe congratulated Ahir.

Sachin Ahir was

elected MLS before fraction in Shiv Sena and would not attract disqualification

as he is still Shiv Sena now led by Eknath Shinde faction, which is recognised

as real Shiv Sena.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar