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Sanjeev Naik’s drawbacks can prove to be a blessing for Vichare

By Dinesh Kamath

(Above) Sanjeev Naik

(Above) Rajan Vichare

NAVI MUMBAI: Member of Parliament Sanjeev Naik has failed to keep many promises that he had made to the electorate and in the process he has lost a connect with the constituency. The Aam Aadmi Party has taken advantage of this fact and has registered 50,000 members in the area and it can upset Naik’s calculations.

Incumbent Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thane Member of Parliament Sanjeev Naik will have to take some drastic steps to prevent himself from losing his seat. Will he be able to do that?

Naik is not able to control the internal party differences and is losing hold over the voter base which had voted him to the position of MP five years back.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiv Sena are proving to be an headache for Naik since these parties’ common goal is not to allow Naik retain his seat in Thane.

Thane Lok Sabha Constituency was a place where once Shiv Sena had a stronghold. But, however, during the last elections, Sanjeev Naik happened to score a surprising victory over strong Shiv Sena candidate Vijay Chowgule. His victory was attributed to presence of an MNS candidate in the fray and also the solid hold that his father Ganesh Naik had developed over Navi Mumbai during the time of elections.  

This time, the Sena leadership does not wish to take any chance and has chosen a formidable candidate, sitting MLA Rajan Vichare, to contest against Naik in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. It is left to be seen whether Vichare can help Sena to regain their lost ground.