Sumit Wankhede, the personal assistant of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, has been fielded from Aarvi. Wankedhe is the second PA of Devendra Fadnavis who has been fielded. Earlier Abhimannu Pawar was fielded from Latur and was elected in the 2019 assembly and re-nominated in this election.Wankedhe was a mechanical engineer who also did a political strategy course at MIT in Pune. He joined the fellowship service when Fadnavis was leader of the Oppositions. Both are seen as good friends. BJP has forced its allies, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP, to accommodate its leaders.Raut warns Congress over Solapur South seatShiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday warned Congress about fielding a candidate for the Solapur South assembly seat, for which his party has already announced a nominee. Speaking to the media, Raut said such actions could provoke a similar response from their side and create “problems” for the opposition MVA.
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