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Congress loses Solapur by-poll
Solapur, Sept 29: The Congress party today suffered a huge jolt in Maharashtra when the BJP-Shiv Sena candidate Pratasinh Mohite-Patil won the Solapur Lok Sabha by-poll. The bye-election was tipped to be the first trial of strength of the Democratic Front (DF) government after Sushilkumar Shinde assumed the reins of Maharashtra.
Solapur, Sept 29: The Congress party today suffered a huge jolt in Maharashtra when the BJP-Shiv Sena candidate Pratasinh Mohite-Patil won the Solapur Lok Sabha by-poll. The bye-election was tipped to be the first trial of strength of the Democratic Front (DF) government after Sushilkumar Shinde assumed the reins of Maharashtra.
Mohite-Patil defeated his nearest rival Anandrao Devkate of Congress by 1,22,817 votes.
By-poll was necessitated in the constituency with Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde vacating his seat, which he represented for three consecutive terms to head the state government.
Bureau Report