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Lok Sabha polls to clinch issue of statehood to Vidarbha
Nagpur, Mar 14: The demand for a separate state of Vidarbha is likely to dominate the Parliamentary elections here with the Congress agreeing to the demand of setting up a States Reorgnisation Commission (SRC) and rejecting the demand for a separate state.
Nagpur, Mar 14: The demand for a separate state of Vidarbha is likely to dominate the Parliamentary elections here with the Congress agreeing to the demand of setting up a States Reorgnisation Commission (SRC) and rejecting the demand for a separate state.
The Congress has already declared four out of 11 candidates to contest the polls from Vidarbha in its first list, giving party tickets to Vilas Muttamwar from Nagpur, Prabha Rau from Wardha, Uttamrao Patil from Yavatmal and Naresh Pugaliya from Chandrapur.
All the four are sitting members of the dissolved Lok Sabha.
Vidarbha consists of 11 Lok Sabha constituencies namely Buldhana, Akola, Washim, Amravati, Ramtek, Bhandara, Chimur, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Wardha and Yavatmal.
Muttamwar has been elected twice from Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency in 1998 and 1999. He was also elected from Chimur Lok Sabha constituency for three times in 1980, 1984 and 1991, while Rau, who was former minister in the state cabinet, was elected from Wardha constituency in the last Lok Sabha election.
Pugalia has been elected to Lok Sabha twice in 1998 and 1999 elections. Patil has retained the Yavatmal seat for six times from 1980 to 1999. In 1977, the Congress had received a setback in the country. However, the party had secured eight seats from the region and the party had captured all 11 seats in 1980 and 1984 Lok Sabha polls.
It also got six seats in 1989 and nine seats in 1991 in the region.
In the 1996 Lok Sabha polls, the party got only two seats -- Bhandara and Ramtek constituencies. BJP and its ally Shiv Sena broke the record of the Congress winning six and three seats respectively in Vidarbha. In 1998 elections, the congress and its ally RPI wrested all the 11 seats.
Bureau Report
Vidarbha consists of 11 Lok Sabha constituencies namely Buldhana, Akola, Washim, Amravati, Ramtek, Bhandara, Chimur, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Wardha and Yavatmal.
Muttamwar has been elected twice from Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency in 1998 and 1999. He was also elected from Chimur Lok Sabha constituency for three times in 1980, 1984 and 1991, while Rau, who was former minister in the state cabinet, was elected from Wardha constituency in the last Lok Sabha election.
Pugalia has been elected to Lok Sabha twice in 1998 and 1999 elections. Patil has retained the Yavatmal seat for six times from 1980 to 1999. In 1977, the Congress had received a setback in the country. However, the party had secured eight seats from the region and the party had captured all 11 seats in 1980 and 1984 Lok Sabha polls.
It also got six seats in 1989 and nine seats in 1991 in the region.
In the 1996 Lok Sabha polls, the party got only two seats -- Bhandara and Ramtek constituencies. BJP and its ally Shiv Sena broke the record of the Congress winning six and three seats respectively in Vidarbha. In 1998 elections, the congress and its ally RPI wrested all the 11 seats.
Bureau Report